I read Carver. Julio Cortázar. Amis's essays. Baldwin. Lorrie Moore. C…

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I read Carver. Julio Cortázar. Amis's essays. Baldwin. Lorrie Moore. Capote. Saramago. Larkin. Wodehouse. Anything, anything at all, that doesn't sound like me. ✨ This is how it feels to me by Zadie Smith, www.theguardian.com. October 13, 2001.
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I read Carver. Julio Cortázar. Amis's essays. Baldwin. Lorrie Moore. Capote. Saramago. Larkin. Wodehouse. Anything, anything at all, that doesn't sound like me. ✨ This is how it feels to me by Zadie Smith, www.theguardian.com. October 13, 2001.

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