An Interview with Him.
Q: One does not become a novelist overnight, regardless of gift or desire. Can you tell us about your first writing experiences?
A: The beginning statement is worded oddly.
I do believe, as always, that a gifted writer is born. I can remember, early-on, seeing creatures, human beings, Beings, and being able to interpret their feelings. [...]
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And So.
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And so.
I brought her mouth up to suck.
She was so pale in water, there, on my breast, her body light, fierce, as if she had known, since the morning I pushed her out, that I could not muster the sound of a crying baby, a crying voice, the slippery egg that had come out of [...]
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