Words Shape Lives.
Monica DrakeStories matter, real and imagined. Words matter.
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Words + Shapes + Lives + Meaning
In the Denver Art Museum, I came to a section of a mannequin laced with words scrawled in a joyful quasi-cursive, telling the story of the birth of Jesus—a version of the commercial debris of a department store cast-off covered in the story...
We Are the Stories We Tell--or? Are We?
Bardayal Nadjamerrek, “Mimih Spirist Dancing in Corroboree,” “…where stories, music and traditions are passed down.” (1974)
Starbucks now has an AI powered “ordering companion.” Tell it your feelings, answer a few questions, give away you...
Considering the Practice
I don’t know why this note was in a copy of one of my books! I didn’t make the call….
There’s a lot of writing talk about the need to create a weak first draft before you can revise to get a better draft. Sometimes that kind of advice migh...
You're Still Human, Still Stories, Heart, Ideas and Emotions.
In the era of artificial intelligence, when human dignity is threatened by new forms of dehumanization, ours is the pressing duty to remain profoundly human. We must lovingly safeguard the grandeur of humanity bestowed upon us…the splendo...
Circe--
I’ve had a great time these past six weeks, meeting on Sunday mornings to discuss the novel Circe, by Madeline Miller, with a brilliant group of careful readers. There’s something fantastic about moving through a novel in discussion with ot...
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Author of Clown Girl, The Stud Book, and The Folly of Loving Life. Short work in The New York Times Modern Love, Paris Review Daily and more. Find her on Substack at Words Shape Lives.
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