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Emma Copley Eisenberg's avatar

“The price of art” - that is perfect I am stealing this for interviews and will credit you!!!

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Nic Marna's avatar

Please do!!!! 🩷

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Celine's avatar

You+me, binging the new season of Hacks! 🥂

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Nic Marna's avatar

So excited for it!!!

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v a n e s s a's avatar

AH I love you and I love our little writing community!!! Hard agree on all things Maggie Rogers, and cannot wait to read Here After <3

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Nic Marna's avatar

You have to let me know what you think!!

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Moly's avatar

I love reading the acknowledgments—was just talking about how much community they reveal with my writing group ❤️ Also thx for the Maggie Rogers recs!

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Nic Marna's avatar

It’s all about community!!!

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Tell the Bees's avatar

I really want to say something smart but whenever Espresso enters the conversation my brain can only repeat the phrase "that's that me Espresso" for 72 hours straight

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Nic Marna's avatar

Listen The Beatles could never

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Viktoriia Vasileva's avatar

cackling at the screenshots of Vicky P smashing her bag in the on my radar collage

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Nic Marna's avatar

I was screaming… shes so real for that, and I wanna do it too!

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calista ginn's avatar

ugh i just love you so much - that pic of us SCREAAMINGGGG is pure joy 🥹🥹💜💜 ps caNNAURT wait to read housemates

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Nic Marna's avatar

You’re gonna LOVE

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Julien's avatar

Cinematic specificity is such an apt way to describe "Never going home"! The way she compares something as random/fleeting as a stranger's jacket to such a particular memory like the seats of a car. the detail of the word "kind" to describe their eyes too...

I can't help looking for you at the bar

Catch a glimpse of someone with kind eyes, dancing

Whose jacket's the same color as the seats in your car

Also, "I'm still tryin' to clean up my side of the street" on DFM is probably the most accurate summing up of my life (all of our lives?) I've heard/read in a while. thanks for sharing your thoughts, it's lovely reading you, as always!

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Nic Marna's avatar

Thank you!!! Such great callouts. I didn't mention DFM because I guess it's been living in me for a long time, but yes 1000%! Beautiful writing throughout.

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Caitlin Doherty's avatar

"It has the indescribable Lisa Loeb/Michelle Branch/Natalie Imbruglia quality of being able to make a gay teenage boy scream-sing the songs coming from the cassette player in his 1999 Toyota Tercel" yes yes YES precisely

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Martha's avatar

All 3 books sound so so good - particularly interested in ‘Here After’ and ‘Housemates’!! I agree re Maggie comments! I think writing something like an album in a concentrated 5 days is a major strength? There is no hurried vibe, just someone who is so connected to their voice & self. Also writing time does not account for all the thinking and reflection time before writing that is impossible to measure? ‘The Kill’ is also a fav of mine.

Ps the sentimental section is so so sweet - so pleased to hear you have such a group for your writing - a necessity. I’m so excited we get to read your work one day. Also you really really glow in all shades of blue.

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Nic Marna's avatar

So true about time before creation. Ideas can cook for years and come out in an hour!

OMG THANK YOU 💙

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Bre's avatar

Have you read/will you be reading How It Works Out when it comes out this upcoming week? Your reviews are always so spot on I need to know your thoughts lol

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Nic Marna's avatar

I am expecting it in the mail any day now! From what I've read, it sounds great.

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