Why does the writer write? The writer writes to serve--hopeless ly he …

Joy Williams
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Why does the writer write? The writer writes to serve--hopeless ly he writes in the hope that he might serve--not himself and not others, but that great cold elemental grace that knows us. ✨ Joy Williams (2015). Ill Nature: Rants and Reflections on Humanity and Other Animals, p.184, Rowman & Littlefield
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