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i do hate an adverb

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Shon Faye
Jul 31, 2025
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I get asked in audience Q&As about how I write or for writing tips. This can make me feel bashful, then pompous. Do I really believe that I’m qualified to make one of those pithy comments on the art of writing? The kind of gnomic wisdom that the Paris Review would post on its Instagram? On Monday night, I drove three hours from my mother’s house back to…

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