I love this, and I love H and K, their friendship-sistership. The writing is so vivid and beautifully paced that it sends electrical currents through me. “Do you exist, or did I invent you?” is a brilliant and poetic question for the ages. Brava to you both!
An amazing essay-and such a friendship. I went to Barnard and could picture you both in the dorms, collaging walls and getting ready for formals. You brought H to the page for us.
I was so swept up by your beautiful story of friendship that I almost forgot that I was reading from The Keepthings. It was so painful to hear how she died.
I love this, and I love H and K, their friendship-sistership. The writing is so vivid and beautifully paced that it sends electrical currents through me. “Do you exist, or did I invent you?” is a brilliant and poetic question for the ages. Brava to you both!
That Q is everything ❤️
Thank you so much for reading! “Friendship-sistership” — yes! Exactly.
Enchanting and tragic. I love "Do you exist? Or did I invent you." Heart-rending. ♥️
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An amazing essay-and such a friendship. I went to Barnard and could picture you both in the dorms, collaging walls and getting ready for formals. You brought H to the page for us.
I could too ❤️
And thank you so much for reading!
❤️ What year were you? We were 2007. There is so much to remember and write about that time…
I was earlier by a decade - 1997 graduate. But I taught there in 2020 and it was weirdly not that changed!
choked me up a bit, in the best way.
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Thank you - sending a hug!
Beautiful tribute to a beautiful friend.
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Beautiful, Kasia, as is everything you write! No extraneous language. It's all necessary.
Hey Liz! So nice to see you here. Thanks so much for reading and for your encouragement over the years. XO
Thank you for reading 💓
I’m in awe of your ability to place us into your loving sisterhood with your beautiful words! Sorry for the loss of your Hobbs.
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This will stay with me for a long time. Thank you for sharing your friendship story.
The story and those beautiful eyes ❤️
She haunts me. A Wuthering Heights feeling.
Thanks so much, Alexandra. That's what I was hoping for - to keep her memory strong! ❤️
Touching, tender and full of emotion. Loved it.
Thank you for reading 💓
Gorgeous, gorgeous, gorgeous.
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What a loss that was for you and her loved ones, but to have known her, what a blessing.
Tragic loss guts us, but thankfully you have such a warm and lovely memory of her. Hold tight to that.
She was lovely. Thanks for this sweet tribute to her.
Thanks so much for reading! Makes me happy my story continues to reach new readers. Let's all hug our friends today!
I was so swept up by your beautiful story of friendship that I almost forgot that I was reading from The Keepthings. It was so painful to hear how she died.