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Ottessa Moshfegh

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Puberty extends into your twenties, for sure, and some people don’t get over that until much later in life. I feel like I’m just starting to get over puberty – basically twenty years of insufferable, totally self-obsessed hell.

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Once I finished ‘Eileen,’ I wanted to write more novels. I don’t see myself stopping any time soon.

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May 19, 2024

Once I finished ‘Eileen,’ I wanted to write more novels. I don’t see myself stopping any time soon.

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