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Jane Smiley on Books

born 1949 United States

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Many people, myself among them, feel better at the mere sight of a book.

Thirteen Ways of Looking at the Novel (2006)

A novelist has two lives — a reading and writing life, and a lived life. he or she cannot be understood at all apart from this.

Thirteen Ways of Looking at the Novel (2006)

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