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On returning to old books

July 5, 2017

Books are home for me. It is for that reason that I’ve carried them with me, from city to city, across decades, in boxes and crates, piled in corners, double-rowed on bookshelves. Coming to the end of a long phase of work on my own novel, I have felt the need for that certain sustenance … More On returning to old books

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