all the trouble of making a nice edition of my boy and then you put the wrong kind of whale on it?? like how many more whale facts did you need him to put in this thing

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at one point in the judging process I just started going into bookstores and asking what’s the best thing you got and like three of the books they recommended ended up on the shortlist hahaha

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Here’s a longer bit from this interview that I really loved. Was beautiful to watch Hernan get excited and really find his flow while we were talking here.

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This should take care of a lot of Xmas gift shopping for your more or less literate friends!

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In 1983, I stole a gourd from Herman Melville's garden. I held on to that gourd for decades. That probably tells you everything you need to know about my obsession with "Moby-Dick." In this week’s newsletter: roncharles.substack.com/i/219512776/...

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