

The impulse to write things down is a peculiarly compulsive one, inexplicable to those who do not share it, useful only accidentally, only secondarily, in the way that any compulsion tries to justify itself.

Wise words from one of Britain's most polished voices in the world of literature
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This weekend marks the closing of a fascinating exhibit at the Indiana State Museum, the wonderful American ...
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Wise words from one of Russia's greatest -- if not *the* greatest -- 19th-century playwrights
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