2025 Stella Prize Longlist: Reflections

Cher Tan, author of Peripathetic.

What are the things you cannot write without? 

Let’s just say two of my biggest fears are losing my eyesight (my prescription is already quite high) and brain damage. Otherwise, my AlphaSmart2000 if I feel like typing and not writing longhand. The simplicity of that technology is great for locking in.

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