I don’t want the critic head taking over, as it quickly can… - Hortense Calisher

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I don’t want the critic head taking over, as it quickly can. But it can be instructive. I discover what I think about literature. And critique by other writers is the best literary talk.

Hortense Calisher

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Hortense Calisher (December 20, 1911 – January 13, 2009) was an American novelist.

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