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<div dir="ltr"><div>Dear Woolfians<br></div><div><br></div><div>Zadie Smith was on the French "cultural" radio France Culture this morning. I was startled and jumped!</div><div><font color="#0b5394"><a href="https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://www.radiofrance.fr/franceculture/podcasts/france-culture-va-plus-loin-l-invite-e-des-matins/de-charles-dickens-a-zadie-smith-ecrire-pour-se-mettre-a-la-place-de-l-autre-6252880__;!!KGKeukY!xkHGnaY-ohgC5VYayKKciIQ2AVMwGZWyAz6KP9oiZcpD4_jVPotUIq6-3fVu-wfg0pmFp8fDVFEThg$">https://www.radiofrance.fr/franceculture/podcasts/france-culture-va-plus-loin-l-invite-e-des-matins/de-charles-dickens-a-zadie-smith-ecrire-pour-se-mettre-a-la-place-de-l-autre-6252880</a></font></div><div><br></div><div>Asked what she was reading, and how, ZS answered that she had made it an exception recently to exclusively read VW's Diaries since... last September (2023). She confessed having <i>just</i> finished reading All 5K pages. <br></div><div><br></div><div>The lessons? Read, read and read, as VW did - </div><div>say "Jane Austen when you feel you're not intelligent enough", reading all other people's books to be able to write. All types of books, incl. journalism. VW as a model reader, writer to a modern writer who does not feel she herself is a great writer for the ages. </div><div>Latest title: <i>The Fraud </i>(<i>L'imposture</i>, Paris: Gallimard, May 16, 2024).</div><div><br></div><div>An interesting, vivid, unusual interview, where VW is a key figure. Easy to follow in French but the French interpreter will hide her voice if bits and pieces of ZS's voice in English can be heard in the background. </div><div><br></div><div>All best wishes,</div><div><br></div><div>Marie-Claire</div><div><br></div><div><br></div><div><br></div><div><br></div><br clear="all"><div><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_signature" data-smartmail="gmail_signature"><div dir="ltr"><table width="550" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" border="0" style="color:rgb(34,34,34);width:550px;display:inline-flex;padding-bottom:10px;margin-bottom:8px"><tbody><tr><td><table border="0" width="100%" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" style="width:550px;display:inline-block"><tbody><tr><td><table border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" width="100%" style="color:rgb(0,0,0);width:784px"><tbody><tr><td style="padding:0cm 0cm 3.75pt"><table border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" align="left"><tbody><tr><td style="padding:0cm 0cm 0cm 1.5pt"><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0cm;line-height:normal;font-size:12pt;font-family:Aptos,sans-serif"><b><span style="font-family:"Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;color:rgb(69,102,142)">Marie-Claire Boisset-Pestourie</span></b><b><span style="font-size:9pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:rgb(69,102,142)"> <br></span></b></p></td></tr></tbody></table></td></tr><tr><td style="border-width:1pt medium;border-style:solid none;border-color:rgb(69,102,142) currentcolor;padding:3.75pt 0cm 6pt"></td><td style="border-width:1pt medium;border-style:solid none;border-color:rgb(69,102,142) currentcolor;padding:3.75pt 0cm 6pt"></td><td style="border-width:1pt medium;border-style:solid none;border-color:rgb(69,102,142) currentcolor;padding:3.75pt 0cm 6pt"></td><td style="border-width:1pt medium;border-style:solid none;border-color:rgb(69,102,142) currentcolor;padding:3.75pt 0cm 6pt"></td></tr></tbody></table></td></tr></tbody></table></td></tr></tbody></table><table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" border="0" style="color:rgb(34,34,34)"><tbody><tr><td><table style="max-width:600px;margin:14px 8px 0px 0px;color:gray;border-top-width:1px;border-top-style:solid;font-size:13px"><tbody><tr><td><p style="margin:0px;line-height:12px;padding-top:10px"><font size="1" face="arial black, sans-serif">IMPORTANT: The contents of this email and any attachments are confidential. They are intended for the named recipient(s) only. If you have received this email by mistake, please notify the sender immediately and do not disclose the contents to anyone or make copies thereof. </font></p></td></tr></tbody></table><table style="max-width:469px;margin:8px 8px 0px 0px;font-size:12px"><tbody><tr><td><table width="100%" style="border-collapse:initial;color:green"><tbody><tr valign="top"><td width="1%" style="padding:2px 6px 1px 3px;border-right-width:1px;border-right-style:solid;border-right-color:rgb(229,229,229)"><font face="arial black, sans-serif"><img src="https://s3.amazonaws.com/images.wisestamp.com/widgets/green_32.png"></font></td><td style="font-family:Arial;padding:1px 8px 4px"><font size="1" face="arial black, sans-serif">Please consider your environmental responsibility. Before printing this e-mail message, ask yourself whether you really need a hard copy.</font></td></tr></tbody></table></td></tr></tbody></table></td></tr></tbody></table></div></div></div></div>