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'Unlike the page, life is a messy affair. Life just sort of muddles along. Good writing has form.'
I have a secret to tell you: The best confessional writing isn’t the truth. This is not to say that authors of memoirs are outright fabulists. Most of us do not make stuff up in the manner of James F…
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