It was an instinct to put the world in order that powered her mending split infinitives and snipping off dangling participles, smoothing away the knots and bumps until the prose before her took on a sheen, like perfect caramel.
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David Leavittis an American novelist, short story writer, and biographer.
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In a memoir, I think, the contract implies a certain degree of truth. I think you have to be as true to your memory and your experience as you possibly can.
Novelist, short story writer, essayist, professor, born 1961
It was an instinct to put the world in order that powered her mending split infinitives and snipping off dangling participles, smoothing away the knots and bumps until the prose before her took on a sheen, like perfect caramel.
Novelist, short story writer, essayist, professor, born 1961
Childhood smells of perfume and brownies.
Novelist, short story writer, essayist, professor, born 1961