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I couldn’t tell a story if my life depended on it. I’m the world’s worst joke-teller.

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All human beings have bodies. All bodies are mortal. Yours, too, is one of these bodies.

I like some of Annie Proulx, some of those very brief stories of hers. And I love J. M. Coetzee’s Elizabeth Costello. I like Geoff Dyer. I also liked W. G. Sebald, especially his book ‘The Emigrants’.

April 25, 2024

I like some of Annie Proulx, some of those very brief stories of hers. And I love J. M. Coetzee’s Elizabeth Costello. I like Geoff Dyer. I also liked W. G. Sebald, especially his book ‘The Emigrants’.

April 25, 2024

I couldn’t tell a story if my life depended on it. I’m the world’s worst joke-teller.

David Shields

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All human beings have bodies. All bodies are mortal. Yours, too, is one of these bodies.

I like some of Annie Proulx, some of those very brief stories of hers. And I love J. M. Coetzee’s Elizabeth Costello. I like Geoff Dyer. I also liked W. G. Sebald, especially his book ‘The Emigrants’.

I like some of Annie Proulx, some of those very brief stories of hers. And I love J. M. Coetzee’s Elizabeth Costello. I like Geoff Dyer. I also liked W. G. Sebald, especially his book ‘The Emigrants’.

All human beings have bodies. All bodies are mortal. Yours, too, is one of these bodies.

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