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Nirvana Shahriar's avatar

i'm obsessed with your diss writing journey, and i personally find it so helpful to see someone's process laid out in such detail like this, as i'm working through the first chapter of my diss now. this gives me motivation, so thank you!

side note 1: i'm actually an editor at Camera Obscura, and before I saw you mention that you'd been published in it already, i was going to encourage you to submit something! your work fits in with the journal perfectly. i'm happy it has a home there

side note 2: i will also be at ACLA -- will keep an eye out for your panel!

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Tia Glista's avatar

Hey, that’s so cool and I’m glad it was useful to you! What are you doing at ACLA? I’ll keep an eye out as well! My panel with Akosua is called “Attending to: Regard and Care.” ❤️ lovely to connect!

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Nirvana Shahriar's avatar

I’m presenting a paper on a poem by Aria Aber called “Azalea Azalea” in a seminar called “(The Politics of) Writing Home: Language, and Identity in the Literature of Displacement”! Happy to be connected 💐

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Lauren Sedger's avatar

Loved the demystification of effort and practical writing tips here, thank you for sharing. I recently started keeping a process diary, too. I think I'm going to remember what helped but never do. It's so helpful when you feel stuck, too!

Nathan Fielder's latest is haunting me too.

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Tia Glista's avatar

Thanks Lauren! What are you working on at the moment?

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Lauren Sedger's avatar

Mostly trying not to end every sentence with 'too'. I just put out my first Substack today (Till Tender - little essays on the gap between what we eat and how we want to be fed) and am working on some poetry. How's the dissertation going?

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ann young's avatar

love this tia!!!! -elias :pppp

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Akosua T. Adasi's avatar

This was so helpful while on the precipice of jumping into writing my first chapter! Stealing the write a little bit every day tip ⌨️👩🏾‍💻

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Tia Glista's avatar

Cheering you on!

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