In fiction, plenty do the job of conveying information, rousing suspen…

Jhumpa Lahiri
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In fiction, plenty do the job of conveying information, rousing suspense, painting characters, enabling them to speak. But only certain sentences breathe and shift about, like live matter in soil. ✨ Jhumpa Lahiri Was Abandoned by Her Editor by Mark Follman, March 21, 2012.
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In fiction, plenty do the job of conveying information, rousing suspense, painting characters, enabling them to speak. But only certain sentences breathe and shift about, like live matter in soil. ✨ Jhumpa Lahiri Was Abandoned by Her Editor by Mark Follman, March 21, 2012.

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