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May 15, 2020
Ironically, the coronavirus shelter-in-place orders haven't upended my life — since leaving NYC at the beginning of 2017, I have existed on an isolated plane, my friends and family thousands of miles away. But, one feeling is new since the lockdown: absolute depletion. Of the feeding and feeding and feeding others, and yet not feeling fed — intellectually, culturally, creatively, physically — in return.
I am grateful to all my friends who continue to check-in or send little missives via social media. It means the world to me.
In the meantime, I am trying to remain focused on Lost World, as well as resume my work on Freedom, especially after my latest NBC Think article on the subject.
And, please enjoy Simone de Beauvoir in "The Yawning":
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