Eclecticism: Reflections on literature, writing and life

Eclecticism: Reflections on literature, writing and life

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Letter to Rebecca #24-11
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Letter to Rebecca #24-11

Effective responses, forgotten authors, what words mean, and persiflage

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May 22, 2024
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In which Terry talks about a good response to criticism, an important difference between the American meaning of a word and the British one, and an author who was even more prolific than he is.

Freud’s study. Photo by Terry Freedman

This is the latest letter in my regular, informal correspondence with Substacker and fellow Brit Rebecca Holden, in which we…

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