@Boondock60mm Readers crave uniqueness bc sameness is boring. Bold editors find a way to get uniqueness through the wickets of an industry that sometimes craves sameness bc it seems low-risk. Writers who write good unique stuff for their own best audience get published. Keep on.
@TyrellMayfield @HuppleC @matthew_komatsu Will do. "Closer to my mind" is when a lot of the important stuff gets done, really. More productive than "thinking hard every day, just spinning in circles." Sometimes the attentive distance is the thing.
@timoth31lee@MattGallagher0@ExumAM There for Sept 11th and the 2003 blackout. Never felt like NYC was home but was impressed top to bottom at those times.
@MykeCole@Jacob__Siegel@MattGallagher0@PhilKlay Not meaning to fetishize career academics. In classics, ancient history, others, great contributions have been made by amateurs. Was mostly offering a shorthand to distinguish offering a considered opinion for others' consumption from making a purchase for private enjoyment.