Lauren Groff: There is No Such Thing as Boredom, Only Noticing

My soul is so full that we are here together tonight. Thank you, Hannah and Maribeth for your loving, clear and steady vision for One Story. I can’t believe it has been eighteen years since I had the giddy delight of publishing, “Sir Fleeting,” in your pages. Over the years, the joy you have brought me, and everyone in this room, is profound. Thank you Senaa Ahmad, Lily Berlin Dodd, Stephen Fishbach, Cay Kim, and Lior Torenberg, for being so brilliant. Thank you, mentors, for lending your wisdom to help these writers come to their fullest visions more quickly. Thank you, guests, for supporting one of the greatest short story institutions in this country.

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