One more note on Mary Oliver, and I’ll try to move on. Here she is, in a conversation with broadcaster Krista Tippett, sneaking in some advice to writers:
Oh, I very much advise writers not to use a computer.
I learned to type when I was 13 and got my first newspaper job when I was 14, writing high school sports. I’m in a deep rut when it comes to keyboards.
But Oliver’s line was so sure, so definitive, that I determined to conduct a little experiment on myself. The past few mornings, I’ve been working with a pencil and stack of index cards. We’ll see what happens.
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