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Literary Friction - Deception with Yiyun Li

Literary Friction

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Writing a Nonfiction Book in First Person Narrator

I used never to use first person because I feel as one grows older or as one matures sometimes you know one can change one's mind. A lot of this book is set at a finishing school in England where Anya's goes after her novel is published. There is a very rich tradition of novels set in boarding schools and particularly boarding schools for girls. It's almost as though I am still hiding but I'm hiding in just in open air in plain lightsyou can see me you cannot see me that's beautiful.

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