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I didn't say it's about her Letters, but she'll surely discuss for sure the long, rich conversation around and between them. It's part of the story and the context, and she's a serious historian of America: that's us!

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You actually did say, "HCR is writing a book from these Letters, and presumably the Commentary as well..." I do not recall hearing or reading anything about what the subject matter of her new book is.

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I'm sorry that I wasn't clear in my haste. I meant that the commentary of 10s of 1000s of readers would "presumably" (in my book a word that indicates guessing with confidence) be included in some way in the book she's been said to be compiling from her Letters. I'm a historian too, can't easily imagine her acting as though the extraordinary phenomenon of the commentary and audience was irrelevant to what she is doing for and with us on this interactive platform: it's an event in American political and literary history. But as I said, I'm presuming. All I've heard is that a future publication of some kind is under consideration. It would be a wonderful way to remember this dark time, should it ever end--via the clarity and comfort she provides, which has by virtue of Subtack's interactive structure enabled so many to speak their thoughts and fears and even, occasionally, hopes. History therapy!

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Thanks, Mary. Your points are well taken. These Letters and interactive discussions among her readers are indeed an event in our political and literary history.

My original point, though, is that nowhere did I hear or read that Heather is compiling her new book from her Letters. It may be that she is, but thereтАЩs no way to know for sure without a reference to what she may have indicated her topic is. Maybe you heard it in one of her videos that I missed?

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Oh, it's been a while now--as I recall I heard and read her mention it in an interview.

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