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Coppola relies on it as a serene spot to take writerly refuge, or to escape the world with family and friends.
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Alison Syrett Cleary, Architectural Digest, 21 Apr. 2026
Palazzo Dama The property’s 29 rooms and suites span three floors of the converted residence, which was once home to Marchesa Anna Maria Malaspina, an 18th-century noblewoman known in Rome’s aristocratic circles for her wit and writerly prowess.
—Alexandra Kirkman, Forbes.com, 15 Mar. 2026
Sontag claimed to have forgotten about him, but his vanishing is better explained on writerly grounds.
—Alex Ross, New Yorker, 14 Mar. 2026
Writers block is a personal problem, not a writerly problem.
—Literary Hub, 24 Feb. 2026
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Alison Syrett Cleary, Architectural Digest, 21 Apr. 2026
Palazzo Dama The property’s 29 rooms and suites span three floors of the converted residence, which was once home to Marchesa Anna Maria Malaspina, an 18th-century noblewoman known in Rome’s aristocratic circles for her wit and writerly prowess.
—Alexandra Kirkman, Forbes.com, 15 Mar. 2026
Sontag claimed to have forgotten about him, but his vanishing is better explained on writerly grounds.
—Alex Ross, New Yorker, 14 Mar. 2026
Writers block is a personal problem, not a writerly problem.
—Literary Hub, 24 Feb. 2026
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“Writerly.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/writerly. Accessed 2 May. 2026.
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