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That title!

hi, jay! question: you speak of what the book does to your perception of your voice--how it reifies "your voice"? fixes it in time? can you say a bit more about how you deal with that? maybe in the context of the everyday practice of writing?

Sam et al, there will be time for audience questions at the end after Megan & Jay’s conversation

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Very relatable list making + anxiety

You should see the piles of lists over here...

Once the poems for a manuscript are chosen, what’s the next step of the many steps, order? topic connection from poem to poem? grouping poems into like topics or in surprise juxtapositions?

How do you balance promotion after a first book with crating new work

*creating new work

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wake like a boat, or wake, as in mourning? both?

I love that Sam! I think Saeed meant à la boat, but perhaps it’s both

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Since this is recorded would we be able to access this later? I have audip processing problems so watching and listening to things multiple times helps me retain it better

both feels appropriate, for sure

Thank you for your time and expertise.

Thanks Jay! Thanks Megan!

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Yes, the recordings will be available.

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