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Paul Auster: 'We are divided in ways we have never seen before'

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The Utility of Creative Writing and the Practice of Teaching Writing

i don't know if enemy is the right word, but you've long questioned the the utility of creative writing. But i dont wonderwhethet wait, wait, wtwat. There's a big difference between the utility of writing and the practice of teaching writing two different things. I think it's very important for young writers to have guidance. That's something different. These are people who want some help about say, how, why doesn't this story that i've written work? Why is this poem or not succeeding?

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