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Nina Graue's avatar

I could read these daily! I love your voice and style. Thank you for sharing your thoughts with us! I just finished reading the Pulitzer Prize winning play RUINED by Lynn Nottage. Wow!

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Natalie Serber's avatar

Thank you so much! Your note brightens my day. 😘😘😘

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Jacqueline Briggs's avatar

“Embrace the mystery, Professor:” She used to say this like she was opening a door for him to walk through, not closing one in his face.

From I'll Give You The Sun by Jandy Nelso

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Jennifer Louden's avatar

Love you! And how you love and love your life.

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Jennifer Louden's avatar

Love and LIVE your life 😬

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Natalie Serber's avatar

I learn from friends like you! 😘

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Paul Gilbert's avatar

I feel shame when I break the yolk after going over easy on a fried egg.

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Natalie Serber's avatar

No Shame! xxN

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Laura Washburn Hutton's avatar

Thank you for having me Natalie! And I enjoyed this newsletter, like all of them. It made me reach for my old copy of On Beauty. I have the page with the poem earmarked, not underlined, but same thing; the poem the book is named for. I read it almost daily when I first got the book, all those years ago. Thank you for the reminder to revisit ❤️

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Elisa's avatar

Your words touched me very specifically and in an important spot today. It is a spot that reached out for these words and grabbed them. Thank you. Beautiful writing and fit-like-a-glove quotes. Thank you!

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Natalie Serber's avatar

Thank you for reading, and for letting me know! Today my work is done! xN

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Kristy Schnabel's avatar

I love finding favorite lines in a novel. It's like finding a hidden present. In On Beauty (Zadie Smith) here's one:

"Levi held a pair of sneakers in his hands. These he shook in the the direction of his mother's sarcasm."

An another:

"Jerome had slid all the way down the wall like a stain and now sat on the floor, looking at his feet."

And one more referring to the phrase "burn the thing" referring to destroying evidence of a bequeathal:

"Finally the word was out there. A log popped loudly, as if the fire were listening and hungry for new fuel."

Finding these gems and enjoying them help me to become a better writer (I hope!). And yes, I too vacillate between "carrying on" and "can I do this?" (my version of perseverance and uncertainty). Thanks for sharing your inner thoughts, Natalie. :-)

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Natalie Serber's avatar

Looking forward to talking about ON BEAUTY on Sunday! xN

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Deirdre Lewis's avatar

I love your newsletters Natalie, always so full of cool and inspiring things, thank you!

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Natalie Serber's avatar

Thank you! For reading and for the kind note. I love gathering tidbits and sharing. xN

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Barbara Poore's avatar

Send that Steinbeck quote to London Writers Salon

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