Susan Sontag on Storytelling, What It Means to Be a Good Human Being, and Her Advice to Writers
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Susan Sontag on Storytelling, What It Means to Be a Good Human Being, and Her Advice to Writers
SUSAN SONTAG AND JOHN BERGER DISCUSS STORYTELLING
IN WRITERS IN CONVERSATION, 1983
LITERATURE IS A FORM OF RESPONSIBILITY,
TO LITERATURE ITSELF, AND TO SOCIETY.
— SUSAN SONTAG
NEVER AGAIN WILL A SINGLE STORY BE TOLD
AS THOUGH IT WERE THE ONLY... See more
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The Science of Storytelling: Why Stories Make Us Human, and How to Tell Them Better
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