THE FOLLOWING CONVERSATION between Joanna Walsh, the author of Break.up (2018), and Lauren Elkin, the author of Flâneuse: Women Walk the City (2017), took place on WhatsApp in May 2018, and all spelling and other mistakes have been preserved. ¤ [15:08, 5/11/2018] Joanna Walsh: Nearly back. Harriet just reminded me today is my US publication date. I’d forgotten. Today I get published by semiotext(e)! [15:08, 5/11/2018] Lauren Elkin: Hooray! [15:08, 5/11/2018] Lauren Elkin: Mazel tov! [15:21, 5/11/2018] Joanna Walsh: just got back… might make a coffee… wonder if there’s any ice for it. terrible tin whistle player outside Shakespeare & co but I can’t bear not to have the windows open. Would you prefer to do this on Whatsapp or email. This feels far better to me, but no good if you can’t type easily on it. [15:22, 5/11/2018] Lauren Elkin: Whatsapp is fine but I’ll hook it up to my computer [15:25, 5/11/2018] Joanna Walsh: ok cool, will wait for it [15:29, 5/11/2018] Lauren ...