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Podcast: Slate History
Episode: John Dickersonâs Navel Gazing: The Meaning Behind All This Navel Gazing
Description: In this weekâs essay, John discusses instinct versus obligation, his daughterâs wit, how he has changed since episode one, and more. Notebook Entries:Notebook 58, page 10. September 16, 2021âYou donât measure your life the way you measure your writing.â - NanNotebook 75, page 46-47. September 2021When your dog dies and son goes to college and you are confronted with your lifeâs work it all boils down to one alarm: the clock is ticking. If a scream is better than a thesis, I was hearing s...