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Emma Rathbone

Before the Internet

Before the Internet

An essay by Emma Rathbone reflecting on life and memory before the internet, published in The New Yorker.

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    “A little piece of writing I think about all the time (If there’s a paywall, you can also listen here https://www.wnycstudios.org/podcasts/tnyradiohour/segments/what-was-it-internet)”

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