So true . . . taking heart from the great ones, who edit like mad to the bitter end

Thanks to @marbasprinceton.bsky.social for an inspiring afternoon digging through the F. Scott Fitzgerald collection to kick off the centenary of The Great Gatsby. He was marking up galleys to the very end, proving the old saw that writing + editing = writing. Now to my own edits . . .

Provocative and timely conversations at the Tanner Lectures on Human Values this week. Learned so much from Lecturer Randall Kennedy, along with commenters @elizabethkai.bsky.social @olufemiotaiwo.bsky.social, Elizabeth Anderson, and Sandy Levinson. Look for book from @princetonupress.bsky.social