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"Previously it would have been a publicist whispering to a diarist of a national newspaper. The issue with digital media is it's anonymous and untraceable."

Everyone’s favorite analog diarist is smack dab in the middle of a universe ruled by tech.

On The Tortured Poets Department, she blurs the lines between her personas - writing both as diarist and fantasist, sometimes within the same song.

My other lucky break was that Stimson, the war secretary, was an avid diarist.

That would suggest that diarists writing in the knowledge - or perhaps hope - that their thoughts will be read by others can also benefit from the soothing effect it can have.