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Literary Friction - Deception with Yiyun Li

Literary Friction

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How Do You Write a Prose Book?

I have a real relationship with all my characters but with Argyne as in Fabian I would say this pair means especially just probably more than any characters have ever written. The last question I want to ask you about is about the style of your prose which in this book it strikes me as incredibly precise and I think that's a feature of a lot of what you write even if the voice changes. If so how do you achieve that? How do you come to terms with yourself when writing something like "The Cuckoo’s Calling"

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