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Joe Moran • First You Write a Sentence.: The Elements of Reading, Writing … and Life.
Not handsome, exactly—in fact, he teetered on the edge of ugly: short and slightly stocky, with thinning black hair. But his skin was deeply tanned, as though he flew to the Mediterranean instead of the endless Minneapolis-Detroit-Chicago route, and his thick lips were sensual, his teeth startling white. He exuded a vitality and alertness that was
... See moreKatherine Heiny • Games and Rituals
A self one does not want. A heart one cannot help.
Donna Tartt • The Goldfinch: A Novel (Pulitzer Prize for Fiction)
Buttermilk Sky
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Unlike Blume, Klein mostly found the whole thing amusing. In the summer of 1982, Publishers Weekly came out with a list of the most banned writers in America, which included Solzhenitsyn, Ernest Hemingway, William Faulkner, and D. H. Lawrence. “Judy Blume and I were the only women writers on the list, as well as the only authors of books for
... See moreRachelle Bergstein • The Genius of Judy: How Judy Blume Rewrote Childhood for All of Us
‘Motherhood is an obliteration of the self,’
Diana Evans • Ordinary People: Shortlisted for the Women's Prize for Fiction 2019
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