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Linda Svendsen’s ‘Marine Life’ was important. I was nearly 22. Larry Mathews discussed the book in a creative writing class. We examined her stories, figured out how they worked.

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There are scenes from books I’m happy with. I tend to think my books are all broken. But then my favourite reads are almost always books that don’t, in the end, pull off what they set out to do.

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I was working at the ‘New York Times,’ ruing every second of my life, thinking how was I ever going to get out of here, and thinking that one could only do it the way newspaper people have always done it. I needed a scoop, and I would go out and I would dream upon coming upon fires or the sky falling in front of me or anything.

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May 14, 2024

I was working at the ‘New York Times,’ ruing every second of my life, thinking how was I ever going to get out of here, and thinking that one could only do it the way newspaper people have always done it. I needed a scoop, and I would go out and I would dream upon coming upon fires or the sky falling in front of me or anything.

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May 14, 2024

There are scenes from books I’m happy with. I tend to think my books are all broken. But then my favourite reads are almost always books that don’t, in the end, pull off what they set out to do.

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