If I were a writer, how I would enjoy being told the novel is dead. Ho…

Don DeLillo
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If I were a writer, how I would enjoy being told the novel is dead. How liberating to work in the margins, outside a central perception. You are the ghoul of literature. Lovely. ✨ 1982 Owen Brademas. The Names, ch.4.
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If I were a writer, how I would enjoy being told the novel is dead. How liberating to work in the margins, outside a central perception. You are the ghoul of literature. Lovely. ✨ 1982 Owen Brademas. The Names, ch.4.

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