1. Sometimes music is needed. 2. Sometimes silence. 3. A no… - Alexander Chee

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1. Sometimes music is needed.
2. Sometimes silence.
3. A novel, like all written things, is a piece of music, the language demanding you make a sound as you read it. Writing one, then, is like remembering a song you've never heard before.

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Alexander Chee (born August 21, 1967) is an American fiction writer, poet, journalist and reviewer.

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