Dammit, the Substack app doesn’t save drafts of comments when you navigate back to the newsletter to get quotes. Rude as hell
I laughed when you dropped “the first and last quote before I was kicked out of the court room” because it fit so well into the murder mystery / courtroom drama genres you’re flirting with in this piece. Those formats mixed very well with kafka’s aburdism and your dry POV. Also Benedict Anderson coming in clutch as always - and I like how you gently pushed back on + complicated his ideas too
Thank you Eloise! I felt really attacked by Imagined Communities this summer! I think he makes some great points but they're only valid if you're looking at certain books & newspapers & communities within nations. There are so many novelists & journalists & publications doing the exact opposite of what he claims.
Dammit, the Substack app doesn’t save drafts of comments when you navigate back to the newsletter to get quotes. Rude as hell
I laughed when you dropped “the first and last quote before I was kicked out of the court room” because it fit so well into the murder mystery / courtroom drama genres you’re flirting with in this piece. Those formats mixed very well with kafka’s aburdism and your dry POV. Also Benedict Anderson coming in clutch as always - and I like how you gently pushed back on + complicated his ideas too
Thank you Eloise! I felt really attacked by Imagined Communities this summer! I think he makes some great points but they're only valid if you're looking at certain books & newspapers & communities within nations. There are so many novelists & journalists & publications doing the exact opposite of what he claims.