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Everybody gets told to write about what they know. The trouble with many of us is that at the earlier stages of life we think we know everything- or to put it more usefully, we are often unaware of the scope and ...

~ Thomas Pynchon ~

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Everybody gets told to write about what they know. The trouble with many of us is that at the earlie...

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