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Oct 16, 2022Liked by Nina Schuyler

I love this sentence in part because it is unapologetically long. People seem afraid of long sentences these days and in editing say chop it up--make several short sentences. But clearly much of the power of this sentence is its connectedness and build up.

The mini-series with Jeremy Irons embodies the sensuality in this sentence really well.

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Oct 14, 2022Liked by Nina Schuyler

More later, but for this waylaid moment, such rich sensuous beauty: it feels like a painting, a novel, a musical movement.

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