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    • 10 Jun 07
    • 12:29 pm

    I write novels (none as yet published), even though I personally prefer to READ nonfiction--these days, at least. On the whole, I think the quality of nonfiction being written these days may be superior to that of fiction. I don't remember ANY work of fiction recently that involved me nearly as much as McCullough's biography of John Adams. Yeah, I'm a dude. But when it comes to (serious) fiction, I much prefer the "girly" stuff--by which I mean stories with lots of psychological nuance. Even with male writers--I much prefer Faulkner and Henry James to Hemingway, and am inclined to think …

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