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David Rabe Reads John Updike

The New Yorker: Fiction

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Is There an Appeal to Writing Fiction?

There is an appeal in writing fiction. I don't know if I'd ever write a memoir, but then you have to put these ones in stories and all in place. In general, I think there's a truthfulness to fiction, frankly. If you admit it, if you don't claim it, it's true. Well, thank you so much.

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