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The Comfort of Other People’s Sentences
On poetry, grief, and the quiet comfort of being understood
 • Georgia Clare
Books That Became Films — But Lost Something Essential
What stories give us on the page that no screen can hold
 • Georgia Clare
The Writers Who Didn’t Rush for Answers
Why uncertainty has always been part of the truest writing
 • Georgia Clare
Words from a Small Country
On language, landscape, and the ache that runs through Welsh literature
 • Georgia Clare
The Story That Waited a Lifetime to Be Written
On Norman Maclean, love, loss, and the limits of understanding
 • Georgia Clare
Why Bukowski Still Speaks to People Who Don’t Think He’s “For Them”
On survival, self-expression, and the strange relief of being told the truth
 • Georgia Clare
The Sentences I’ve Carried Into This Year
Words that steadied me, surprised me, and quietly changed how I lived last year
 • Georgia Clare
Writers Who Changed Their Lives Later Than Expected
On late beginnings, long roads, and the patience of becoming
 • Georgia Clare
The Books That Stay With Us
On rereading, recognition, and the stories that grow alongside us
 • Georgia Clare
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