The page isn’t all of my life. It’s what I offer from it. - Hortense Calisher

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The page isn’t all of my life. It’s what I offer from it.

Hortense Calisher

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About Hortense Calisher

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

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Pen Names: Jack Fenno

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I grew up, you know, in a generation of war novels and macho—Hemingway’s being the most prominent.

I am more interested in wars of the mind.

When we test out our own insights on how other people might feel, the testing ground is ourselves. Our views on anything from politics to landscape are tinctured with our personality.