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a brief history of a love affair with language

I started a new internship at Substack two weeks ago, where I’m supporting writer growth and success. (What’s Substack? It’s the platform you’re reading this newsletter through.) Being a company for and of writers, they encourage new hires to send introductions on the company blog. I’ve been alive for a very short and uneventful 21 years, so I decided to write about how I fell in love with words—and how that brought me to this job. I’m resharing it here: My Substack story started with a series of coincidences. I met Sachin, Fiona's1 husband, just over a year ago. He's the founder of…

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