I saw three brilliant sessions at this year’s MWF, which wrapped up yesterday. But the post-festival glow can be fragile. Leaving a rousing session gives me the feeling of trying to carry a too-full glass of juice across uneven ground without spilling a drop. I thought it might benefit me — and, I hope, you — if I downloaded my thoughts now that I’ve slept on them, which I will do in two separate posts: Emma Straub & Gabrielle Zevin, followed by Claire Keegan & Bernadine Evaristo.
These drops of festival juice are not just for subscribers who are writers but for any reader who wonders how stories are made.
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