Joanna Scott Quotes
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With prurient absorption and only minimal risk, we can pretend to be the subject of the lead article on the front page of the Style section of our local newspaper for as long as it takes to finish our morning coffee.
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Jim Longenbach, poet, critic, and my husband, is always passing along life-changing books for me to read.
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There are plenty of writers, past and present, from Shakespeare to Henry James to Lydia Davis, who test the limits of coherence and put pressure on current notions of accessible (and acceptable) narrative methods. To thrive and change and grow, any art needs this kind of pressure.
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The best liars lie with their eyes rather than with their words. This might put writers at a disadvantage.