Muriel Spark's "A Far Cry from Kensington," the pitfalls of competency, PowerPoint, Slack, Word & other terrors, the loyalty of friends and colleagues, and why this newsletter is three days late
I read this when it arrived in my inbox and subsequently joined my best friend in reading Melville's short story, "Bartleby." Among other things, the story showed me a little trick I wish I'd known and practiced when I was a working girl. The response, "I'd prefer not to" is now echoing in my head just daring me to utter it. Then my friend shared this fun piece from The New Yorker: https://www.newyorker.com/books/page-turner/bartleby-and-social-media-i-would-prefer-not-to. Great fun, both your piece and this one.
I read this when it arrived in my inbox and subsequently joined my best friend in reading Melville's short story, "Bartleby." Among other things, the story showed me a little trick I wish I'd known and practiced when I was a working girl. The response, "I'd prefer not to" is now echoing in my head just daring me to utter it. Then my friend shared this fun piece from The New Yorker: https://www.newyorker.com/books/page-turner/bartleby-and-social-media-i-would-prefer-not-to. Great fun, both your piece and this one.