She sat with the slightest slouch, and while my eyes frequently wandered at the happenings around us, she didn’t once glance away. I may have been over-promising, but we agreed to meet for lunch on Tuesday.Īttell arrived exactly on time, wearing understated clothing, a navy blue V-neck, light washed jeans and a light army green coat. This was probably not the most reassuring reply, which explains why she didn’t look at all convinced.
First, surprised but with a flattered smile, “Really? What do you mean by that?” And then, “I still don’t really know what you mean by that.” Regardless, I was happy that she was on board to do the profile and when she said, “I’m a bit nervous, I don’t know what to expect,” I told her not to worry because it will be fun and fine. I told her this, both to her face and in the email that I sent her a couple weeks later asking if she would be the subject of a profile. I was intrigued by this and wanted to pick her brain. I went for the obvious answer, but Attell said she thought that Baldwin’s use of commas foretold the rise of internet culture and the constant fragmentation of attention and time. We were in the literary realm, talking in pairs about the significance of the commas in a particular James Baldwin passage. It was something that she said in English section that got me interested in profiling Ella Attell ’24.
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