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Sep 18Liked by Dr. Kathleen Waller

Really interesting, Kate. In my first novel, two apartments - one at the top of a building, the other in the basement - separate the protagonist and the couple he becomes involved with; it's the location of a death which hangs over the story, and eventually leads to a burst of despair in the MC.

So glad to have your Dubliners post stir so many ripples (including another post by Tom Pendergast! :) 💜

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Oh! What’s your first novel, Troy? I’d love to read it! Especially with all this apartment stuff going on.

I’m behind on your current work…getting to it soon! Re Dubliners, I’m reading Araby with students tomorrow!

Thanks for listening 💜

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Sep 19Liked by Dr. Kathleen Waller

It’s not published yet, it’s called Watrspout, first written, but I think it is going to be published second for reasons ;) 💙

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Love it. Can’t wait.

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I haven't listened to this yet or red the transcript, or read your paper, but it strikes me that an interesting book in this context would be Perec’s Life: A User's Manual, and an interesting film would be Hitchcock's Rear Window. Apologies if these aren't relevant but I'll correct myself if necessary. By the way, not sure if you saw, but I left a comment on your Dubliners article. I only mention that because I sometimes dont get notified.

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Great! Hadn’t considered Perec but that’s a nice idea. I’m not that familiar. Rear Window is at the heart of my thoughts on the apartment ellipsis! So cool to thought of it right away.

Thanks re Dubliners :)

I’m way behind…

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Great! Hadn’t considered Perec but that’s a nice idea. I’m not that familiar. Rear Window is at the heart of my thoughts on the apartment ellipsis! So cool to thought of it right away.

Thanks re Dubliners :)

I’m way behind…

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I mean "read". OMG

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Sep 22·edited Sep 22Liked by Dr. Kathleen Waller

Listened to this at the end of last week but didn't get a chance to comment yet.

I honestly don't know how you manage to cram so much into these, Kate. It's so impressive. Your breadth and depth of topic knowledge!

I've always enjoyed the notion of an apartment/home as the safe space for a character. The place of reflection or breathing space between "action", I suppose. But then when I think about it, there's so much of horror film and literature that takes that safety and turns it into the unsafe, creating so much tension merely by that transition.

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Oh yeah it can definitely go both ways! Often the edge makes those extremes so closely related.

Thanks a lot, Nathan! In this case, much of it was from my PhD so I could have gone for hours. Luckily I did not 😆

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Sep 23Liked by Dr. Kathleen Waller

Haha, not at all!

I can barely remember my PhD now. I think I've blanked the trauma from my mind. 😆

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Sep 17Liked by Dr. Kathleen Waller

Did a double take hearing Welles' voice narrating the Kafka clip as I am currently working on something about Welles 😄

"The Tenant" looks like a cracker! I had never heard of it.

Really enjoyed this - thanks!

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Oh it’s wild! Think you would like it. Thanks a lot Jules :)

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Sep 17Liked by Dr. Kathleen Waller

Thank you for the mention, Kate. I look forward to reading this.

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💜

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