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Bad News, Good News

Bad News, Good News

Sarah Blake
Nov 01, 2023
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Before we get started, if you follow my newsletter you know that I often put the title of my next piece at the end of my last piece. So back in September, when I was putting together my October 1st newsletter, I picked “Bad News, Good News” as the title for my November 1st newsletter. And then I wrote this newsletter before the attack on Israel. The title has nothing to do with the Israel-Hamas war.

Another thing before we get started—I have a new short story out at The Dodge.

And now, though it feels absurd to send this out given what’s going on in the world, here is the newsletter I wrote at the beginning of October…

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