Writer George Saunders, Moment by Moment
Talk Easy with Sam Fragoso
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Is Happiness Written in White Ink on a White Page
This book is dedicated to your wife, Paula. She's been with you ever since that creative writing program at Syracuse back in 1986. When he finished 10th of December, the first person you gave it to was Paula. Here is what I wish to say, dearest one, trapped as I am on this desolate, godless hillside surrounded by demons who wish to destroy me. Because I have known such a moment with you, the firelight playing across the walls, the dog asleep against the door,. The bed shifting beneath us as if making approving commentary in his own unique language. "I may die now if I must die, knowing I have truly lived. You bastard"
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