Every writer has his favorite coterie of enemies: Mine is the East Coa…

Edward Abbey
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Every writer has his favorite coterie of enemies: Mine is the East Coast literati -- those prep school playmates and their Ivy League colleagues. ✨ Edward Abbey (2015). A Voice Crying in the Wilderness, p.34, RosettaBooks
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Every writer has his favorite coterie of enemies: Mine is the East Coast literati -- those prep school playmates and their Ivy League colleagues. ✨ Edward Abbey (2015). A Voice Crying in the Wilderness, p.34, RosettaBooks

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