A Writer's Notebook

A Writer's Notebook

Day 24: In Praise of Not Paying Attention

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Summer Brennan
Jan 21, 2022
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When I worked in the United Nations press office, sitting in on what were officially referred to as “high level meetings,” the subject matter was usually pretty serious. Genocide. Chemical weapons. Land mines. The various cancers caused by atomic radiation. I headed up the press team for the committee on decolonization and special po…

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