Meditations in an Emergency

Meditations in an Emergency

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A hot desk of one's own

A hot desk of one's own

Inhabiting a place

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Jun 25, 2022
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A hot desk of one's own
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“In the artist's studio” (1908), Leon Bakst

A few months ago, I started renting an office. Not really an office, more like a desk in a house of desks. Years ago, a woman in Los Angeles turned a large, two-bedroom cottage in her backyard into a house for writers. Maybe a dozen of us have found our way there and pay for the privilege: a key to a gate, a pl…

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