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Frances de Pontes Peebles
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I've decided to share longer, more personal letters with friends and readers over email. These letters will be about writing, books, motherhood, Brazil, coffee, farming, travel, literature, criticism, music, failure (usually my own), my incredibly low tolerance for alcohol these days (I can't drive after consuming half a glass of Kombucha), and whatever else I'm up to. I promise I won't inundate y
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The Air You Breathe
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2018
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The Seamstress
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2008
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Ploughshares Fall 2022
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The Drowned Woman
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High Rise
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The Serrambi Case
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“Fame is longing. Not yours, but the audience’s. A star is nothing more, nothing less, than the public face of private desire.”
― The Air You Breathe
― The Air You Breathe
“If remembering tells us who we are, then forgetting keeps us sane. If we recalled every song we’d ever heard, every touch we’d ever felt, every pain no matter how small, every sadness no matter how petty, every joy no matter how selfish, we could surely lose our minds.”
― The Air You Breathe
― The Air You Breathe
“In life there are countless firsts and even more lasts. The firsts are easy to recognize; when you’ve never experienced something before â€� a kiss, a new style of music, a place, a drink, a food â€� you know exactly when you are encountering it for the first time. But lasts? Lasts nearly always surprise us. It’s only after they’ve disappeared that we realize we’ll never again have that particular moment or person or experience.”
― The Air You Breathe
― The Air You Breathe
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