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(Have you gone through the eighth floor’s hardbound copies of the Illinois Entertainer?) I relish the chance to spend a couple hours immersed in archives I can’t find online, to see what details catch my eye regardless of if the information can give a story I’m working on a little more context or simply capture my attention.
I also appreciate the opportunity to distance myself from my computer in the middle of the day, and to break up my workday routines. I love this work in part because the stories I write give me the opportunity to pursue something different; every week I’m usually calling a source I’ve never spoken to before to get a clearer picture of a story about a subject I’ve never written about. Since the pandemic started, I have done more of this labor in the same physical space; when a story idea affords me the opportunity to move around town more, I’ll jump to it. I’m not sure what will come of yesterday’s brief archival search, but I’ll keep digging.
Sincerely,
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