Ottessa Moshfegh on Creative Inspiration, Mental Anguish, Substance Abuse, Sobriety, and Writing Into the Dark Places
Otherppl with Brad Listi
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The Story of New England Maglu
History of New England Maglu is about a guy named Mcglu who was found to be out of his mind at the time that he committed this murder. He'd jumped off a moving train before he had gone off on this seavoyage so I mean that was the whole story and and it did feel like a gift I mean it didn’t the book didn't come at me all at once it came and through like a very narrow trickle it was hard to do but but something and you responded to itlike I was reading about you and like you were you a drinker and then got sober and were in AA and had like went through the whole sobriety experience so
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