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S3E4 | Form and Formlessness (with Rachel Cusk, Aisha Sabatini Sloan, Allan Gurganus, Deborah Landau)

The Paris Review

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The Old Woman's Chin Is Lifted

This old woman should be famous for all she has been through. She is guarding the world. Only nobody knows. Spots on her hands are already darkening again. And yet she whispers, I'm right here, ready. Ready for more. Can you guess why this old woman's chin is lifted? Why does she breathe? As if to show exactly how it's done.

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