The ability of writers to imagine what is not the self, to familiarize…

Toni Morrison
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The ability of writers to imagine what is not the self, to familiarize the strange and mystify the familiar, is the test of their power. ✨ FaceBook post byToni Morrison from Dec 20, 2010
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