FromWorkbooks 19842024:New York, 1985, Bicycle Courier.

I dont want to sound like I know anything, he remarks at one point.

As he puts it, You dont want anything to be closed about what it means.

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FromWorkbooks 1984–2024:New York, 1985, Bicycle Courier.

You want everyone to [see] what it is for them.

I dont want to make any judgments about being open or closed or whatever.

Its just what it is.

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Workbooks 1984–2024by Nigel Shafran

Its a record of just what it is.

Workbookswould suggest that for Shafran, (noncommercial) work and life are intermingled.

As he notes, Everything that goes in you, either consciously or unconsciously, maybe has some effect.

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Workbooks 1984–2024by Nigel Shafran

Coedited with Linda van Deursen,Workbookspresents a selection of pages from those diaries.

Workbooks 19842024by Nigel Shafran is published byLoose Joints.

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Workbooks 1984–2024by Nigel Shafran