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Vicky Harris's avatar

You should send this to the school, so Tyler and his friends can see what you did of them.

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Devin Kelly's avatar

I should! Thank you for the suggestion. And for reading.

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Emily Archer's avatar

It is no small thing, your nourishing words. Thank you, over and over.

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Devin Kelly's avatar

Thanks always, Emily!

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Liza Porter's avatar

Devin, I don’t know where else to put this: I have read many of your essays on running, endurance, dysmorphia and was reminded of them while reading this essay in Granta today: Endurance by

Maartje Scheltens. I could not figure out how to link it, it hope you will make effort to find it. Beautifully written, with musical accompaniment if you so desire. I aspire to her writing, as well as yours.

Peace,

Liza

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Devin Kelly's avatar

thanks so much for this, Liza! found the essay and saving time to read it soon. appreciate you!

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Liza Porter's avatar

Appreciate you, too.

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Jonathan Potter's avatar

Ironically, and/or quite to the point, I read the poem and felt quite satisfied, then eyeballed the long scroll of prose that followed and thought to myself, “tldr, move along,” but then started reading and got pleasantly drawn in. I’m still only halfway through it. Will I go back and finish the whole thing? Possibly, probably!

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Devin Kelly's avatar

Hah, thank you! Appreciate you giving the prose part of this a read.

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Liza Porter's avatar

Don’t know what tldr is because I’m old, but Devin, please don’t shorten your prose for anyone else but yourself! -- Liza

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Devin Kelly's avatar

Owen! Thank you for reading, and thank you for this reply. Appreciate all your insights, and especially love this point: "Discovery lines left in, lines another might erase are surprisingly informative, even beautiful." Thanks so much for this.

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