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Reflections of a working writer and reader

The difficulty of literature is not to write, but to write what you mean; not to affect your reader, but to affect him precisely as you wish. Robert Louis Stevenson

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Presque vu LXI

‘We’re not on a plantation, Clint.’ Spike Lee hits back in war of words over black soldiers.

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The optimist says, This is the best of all possible worlds. The pessimist says, You’re right. Anon.

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Yes we can. Yes we can elect another Republican president. Un.fortun.ately.

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