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Marya- your writing is so raw and elegant all at once. I hope that some of your storytellers hear you read this, because they will know that they were heard.

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A great picture of intense observation put into powerful words!

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Beautiful, Marya, so moving. Stark-you in the black of night, key light, reading keywords, like a list poem.

With it, you have answered my question: does video recording elevate a reading by hearing words by the author, witnessing her seriousness or lightness or shadow?

Thank you for showing me--us--this.

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Ahhhhh. You reading, and the crickets.❤️

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Reading this was stunning but hearing it was even more deeply effecting.

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Beautiful- moving. I love hearing your voice

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Deep………..

Unsettling,……….

As if Maxwell Parish painted with words on a mind canvass.

And I lay snuggled in the bosom of a long gone but familiar lover.

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Beautiful. I love this rendition so much. The crickets are perfect for it.

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You're right, the voiceover really elevates. I loved the original piece, but this is even better!

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