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Elif Shafak & Robert Macfarlane: Two Novelists Have an Epic Conversation | How I Write

How I Write

Aug 19
How I Write

How I Write

Aug 19
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Learn more about Alpha School at ⁠https://go.alpha.school/howiwrite Elif Shafak and Robert Macfarlane are two of the most dreamy and articulate writers I know. Elif has written 21 books, 13 of which are novels, and she’s the president of the Royal Socie...

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This conversation explores writing as a way of paying closer attention to the world, moving between literature, nature, memory, and the responsibilities of artistic work.
12:58
Attention dissolves the boundary between self and other.
22:09
Stories carry knowledge across generations
35:05
Wonder often begins with mistaken explanations.
45:02
Nature can unsettle inherited political memories
1:02:30
Writing must answer the crises of its time

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Learning to See: How Writing Deepens Our Attention
00:00
What Gilgamesh Reveals About Grief, Mortality, and Change
16:04
Finding a Literary Voice Through Rhythm, Intuition, and Wonder
25:31
How Rivers, Nature, and Memory Transform Our Sense of Time
38:22
Why Literature Must Offer Wonder—and Answer to the World’s Crises
48:51

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David Perell: Elif Shafak and Robert Macfarlane are two of the most dreamy and articulate writers I know. Elif has written 21 books, 13 of which have been novels. And she's the president of the Royal Society of Literature. Robert Macfarlane. He writes abou...