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What Is A Novel For? We Continue.

What Is A Novel For? We Continue.

On a forgotten memory prompt that came back to me twice.

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Alexander Chee
Feb 06, 2023
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From top to bottom, me at ages 25, 24 and 23.

What Is A Novel For? continues this Wednesday evening. If you haven’t signed up yet, Session 1 is recorded and available for another 9 days. Session 2 will also be recorded and available for four weeks after that. The course is close captioned and has ASL interpreters as well.

We began for Session 1 with a wr…

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