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in hindsight, it's actually quite surprising that "Jesus Was a Cross Maker" was never in a Righteous Gemstones episode.

You're welcome and thank you for such an excellent piece of writing! Your piece inspired me to get a Harper's subscription after years of maxing out my free articles. 🙂

And then the immediate aside in the letter noting that he's aware that other Quakers do not share the strength of his convictions on this particular matter.

Oh man, that‘s even more like alchemy to me. Could listen to film editors and my film-literate friends talk about editing for days.

Sold! On the list. Thank you!

We’re a fan of oldies but goodies around here-thank you!

Excellent, thank you so much!

Thank you so much, Morgan, it’s on the list!

Excellent, thank you so much, Betsy!

*great writer, ha, see, could have used an editor!

And sending this call out across disciplines! Love to learn, I stand in awe of keen, incisive editors across all fields.

...why this sentence worked but another one didn't. Or how changing this word completely transforms. It's just the best.

Context: I LOVE editing. I find the practice completely thrilling. I love talking with others about writing and untangling the unknowable x factor of a great (broadly defined! Great as in engaging, compelling, persuasive, experimental, etc.) But even more so I love talking with others about how...

I have been CACKLING!!

Thank you, Betsy!! ☺️ And I saw! I’m so happy I’m finally back in town for a weekend, it’s been too long since I’ve been home for meeting

Congratulations, I can’t wait to read!!

Thank god (in this one very specific case) for Charles Woodmason and his very detailed grievances. The platonic ideal of “momma didn’t raise a quitter, she raised a complainer.“

^my source base: me, growing up watching elderly Southern church ladies watching the visiting rector deliver their sermon like 🤨

please let it be known that this is a vibes-based analysis and my litmus test is thinking of elderly Southern church ladies watching the visiting rector deliver their sermon like 🤨

Fred Vasseur, appelez-moi, on parlons, we‘ll strategize for the rest of the season