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This is a really beautiful picture of an artist and the space where they could create. AND as a mother/writer, whenever I hear about a creative sanctuary like this, front and center for me is that fact that a woman raised his four kids (I'm assuming) while we went off and did this work. Sigh.

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Mason - I love this so much! I am fascinated by writers' houses and have just ordered Anne Trubeck's book. I ran a writers' retreat in Ted Hughes' old house - Sylvia Plath never lived there (though did stay down the road and is buried in the local churchyard) and I am also just over the moors from the Brontes where I often go. I am so glad Graves' house was full of light and sunshine and blue sky. I love the notion of psychogeography of writing location (not sure that's the right word).

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Really enjoy your writing, Mason. And the look into the creative practices and - in this piece - the home of a writer - is very inspiring.

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Never read Robert Graves! What would you recommend to start?

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May 31, 2022Liked by Mason Currey

Very interesting, Mason. I think the Graves/Riding situation was even stranger than you describe. She was certainly involved in the creation of Graves’s “white goddess” theories, maybe their inspiration.

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Thanks for this. I felt I was there with you. “Prose books are the show dogs I breed to sell and support my cat.” Ha! Ha! I like that too!

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