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Joshua Cohen and Brian Dillon: ATTENTION!

London Review Bookshop Podcast

NOTE

Focus on the Words

The process of writing involves isolating words and banishing distractions to focus purely on the text. This focus on words dates back to the early history of philology, where debates centered around the origins and meanings of words like stylus and stimulus. The desire for text to be the main focus, acting as a shock to grab attention, can be seen in the development from early typewriters like the Schreibh Google where the typed words remained hidden until the paper was pulled out after writing.

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