Lucia thought it was a miracle anytime anyone wrote something.

You know, that's sort of like how I try to approach every student writing.

Before I get into like, hey, you know, this doesn't make any sense.

Or, you know, you have too many fragments. You know, first I'm like, this is a miracle.

Welcome back to working. I'm your host, Isaac Butler. And I'm your other host, June Thomas.

June, I believe this is the first time this year that we have seen each other. It's over Zoom. I'm your other host, June Thomas. June, I believe this is the first time this year that we have seen each other.

It's over Zoom.

I'm looking at a blurred out image of, it's a living room, I think.

How are you doing so far?

How's the year been?

Oh, it's been good.

I'm in the kind of final weeks before my first book delivery deadline.

And so it's been...

Dun, dun, dun, done.

Yeah, it's been really cold. And so it's been actually quite good to be in a place where the sensible thing is to stay in and huddle down and just be at your desk.

So that's been good.

Speaking of cold, dark, but cultured places, how was your trip to London?

It was great.

It was warmer in London than it was in New York because there was that like Arctic snap or whatever it's called.

And so it was in the 50s in London and it was like seven in New York, which did not make me afraid for the future of the planet at all. No, it's all. A few things about London. The sun rises at 8 a.m. and sets at 3 p.m. So the day is very short. Yes. People drink too much. And groceries are shockingly cheap. But enough about me. Let's talk about whose voice

we heard at the top of the episode. Well, Isaac, that was Chip Livingston. And he's a poet,

a writer of short fiction, a teacher, and an editor. Oh, that's fascinating. So why did you

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