Telling the same story again and again?
Reasons why that might be just fine. Plus, a brief history of spirit photography and writing encouragement from Suzan-Lori Parks.
We talk of plot and character as the two drivers of forward motion in stories and essays, but I’m growing more compelled to think there is a third thing, a backward-looking thing in all good stories and essays: a haunting. And since I started thinking about this idea I see haunting everywhere, like the palimpsest as a physical form on old buildings. Its…
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