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[APPLAUSE]

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We have about five minutes if
anyone wants to ask a question.

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And if not, I'm always happy
to answer questions outside.

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I'll ask.

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OK.

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[LAUGHTER]

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I was struck by
the fact that you

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turned to an epistolary
form for this

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when it's so much about this
line between page and screen,

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and why you turn to the
epistolary for the-- that

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was a long, deep, connection
with a specific-- it's

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people writing on paper, and
it's conditioned by that.

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Absolutely.

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The genesis of the idea was
that the idea of the epistle,

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that the relationship
between two people,

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is something that often
gets outlined in letters.

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And that I wanted
to provide a forum

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for a conversation
in which it could

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be a meeting of the
minds, basically.

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And I like the idea
that rather than, if I

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was going to be exploring the
relationship between these two

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technologies at a time when
I personally rely on both,

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and many people I know
are relying on both,

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I wanted to open up a space
where they could meet as equals

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rather than a
hierarchical relationship.

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And having that back
and forth exchange

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allowed us to both have
a kind of love story

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that unfolds over the
course of the book,

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but also to not privilege
one voice over the other.

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I hope.

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Any other question?

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OK.

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Well, thank you for having me.

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[APPLAUSE]

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