The «promise of democracy» that Martin Luther King Jr. spoke about in his iconic «I Have a Dream» speech feels very distant today, but not just because of the controversial recent election, Daniel Evans Pritchard told a somber audience at a «counter-inauguration» hosted by a group that
called itself Writers Resist.
I was also rather proud of myself for
resisting the urge to
call home on my mobile in «hello, I'm on the train» mode, to announce casually «Hello, I'm in the
Writers» Room at the Cheltenham Literature Festival».