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Dreamers in Broad Daylight: Ten Conversations | Leslie Jamison

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Leslie Jamison considers why and how we daydream.

I: DESIRE Once upon a time I met a stranger and in my mind we lived an entire life together. Not just one life, but many lives. Not just once, but many times. This particular stranger was a lawyer in Portland. I’d come to his office because someone told me there was going to be a protest. There was no protest. I ended up sitting in a corporate conference room with this lawyer in his sage-green fleece vest. We talked about the pipeline that was getting laid near tribal lands in Standing Rock. Beneath his justifications, I could sense a white man’s deep sorrow for the crimes of his country. That

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