Ethan Canin Quotes

There are writers who draw immediate attention to the fact that it's fiction. And I like some of that, but it doesn't really have the power.

Ethan Canin

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• There are writers who draw immediate attention to the fact that it's fiction. And I like some of that, but it doesn't really have the power.

  

  Ethan Canin
  • Power
  • Attention
  • Fiction