Foreword | June 01, 2006
What a Writer Does Best
Speer Morgan
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The best writers don’t always stand in easy proximity either with “what’s happening” or with their own natural subjects or voices. What they do best isn’t necessarily either fashionable or–contrary to theories about following one’s bliss–fun.
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