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Adam Nathan's avatar

Let me be the first. 👏

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Tara Penry's avatar

My head swims with my first readings, picking titles from here and there - all so, so well done! This is a joy.

To the authors of Julie Gabrielli’s prompt and mine: Be sure to read both our stories. There is surprising kinship in your two prompts that may give comfort in reality beyond what we imagine in fiction. I wonder how many such kinships there are here. Must read more to find out. Thank you, Ben!

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Ben Wakeman's avatar

Thanks so much for being a part of it, Tara. Getting to work my way through all the stories now is the reward for putting the whole project together.

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Tara Penry's avatar

It's just the right size collection to read everything -- I hope!

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<Mary L. Tabor>'s avatar

I so wish I had been reading you then. Absolutely would have joined. Marvelous.

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Dr. Levent Mollamustafaoğlu's avatar

Ben, you did a great job, once again. I wish we had more people actually contributing stories, but I’m sure we’ll enjoy the whole package. Thanks for this great initiative…

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Holly Starley's avatar

Having participated in the previous cohort (and so wanting to again if but for timing), I’m keenly tuned into the empathy piece of this project as I’m working my way through the stories. I wouldn’t have noticed the difference if I hadn’t had the two experiences to compare. I’m feeling even more deeply the duet between writer and prompter, the aliveness of trust. Perhaps there’s more room for it without my feelings of excitement to be read, to find my own prompt brought to life. it makes me want to return to volume 1 once I’ve worked my way through these.

Thank you, Ben, for another amazing project. Thank you to the rest of you for creating these duets. Can’t wait to read them all.

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Ben Wakeman's avatar

Aw, thanks Holly. You were missed this time around.

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The Radical Individualist's avatar

This project has built a terrific community. We have so many different outlooks on life, yet we have so much in common...

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Kathleen Clare Waller's avatar

Congrats on leading this again, Ben! I look forward to reading them all!

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Ben Wakeman's avatar

Thanks, Kate! I wasn’t sure we would be able to pull it off again here in the middle of summer, but even with a smaller cohort, the magic happened.

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Kathleen Clare Waller's avatar

I’m travelling these two weeks but will be very happy to see the result! Would’ve loved to participate, just a busy time 🤪

I think with a smaller group you may find more people reading the entire anthology as well. Hope so ☺️

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