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I'm a natural novelist. i'm interested in the person and the group, and how they mesh. and one of the ways i don't want them to mesh is for the person to be subsumed into the group.
-Jane Smiley
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I'm A Natural Novelist. I'm Interested In

Jane Smiley
I'm a natural novelist. i'm interested in the person and the group, and how they mesh. and one of the ways i don't want them to mesh is for the person to be subsumed into the group.
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