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Thought Salon #1: Why We Write

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Jo Shaw
Jul 07, 2026
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Hello and welcome to the inaugural Thought Salon discussion thread! I’m thrilled to have you here, and hope you all survived the heat wave that scorched half the Earth. Let this thread be a virtual oasis 🏝️

This past month, we read two essays called “Why I Write,” though their authors’ answers could not have been more different. George Orwell explained …

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