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Roger Rosenblatt: A Writer on Writing

Clear+Vivid with Alan Alda

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The End of Much of the World Not to Be Explained

The end of much of the world not to be explained. An essay just leaves the column entirely, goes off, and is a digression. The idea that, ah, i will go as far as i can off the main subject, but i'll come back. It's like louis armstrong playing black and blue. You think he's never coming back. He's gone too far. And sure enough, he comes right back again. So that's what you mean by not explaining thingsqiat, in a way you can't no ther.

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