It's so wrong when I pick up a new edition of Huckleberry Finn and I look at the last page and it doesn't say, Yours truly, at the end.

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My assignment is what every writer's assignment is: tell the truth of his own time.

My assignment is what every writer's assignment is: tell the truth of his own time.

The black situation has changed. They finally realized they're Americans.

The black situation has changed. They finally realized they're Americans.

Jane Austen is at the end of the line that begins with Samuel Richardson, which...

Jane Austen is at the end of the line that begins with Samuel Richardson, which...

It's funny to be a critic.

It's funny to be a critic.

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Kafka is still unrecognized. He thought he was a comic writer.

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One more recent novelist to come along is Cormac McCarthy. Him, I like.

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Of the female black authors, I really like Morrison's early books a lot. But she's...

Saul Bellow never took my advice when he was my friend.

Saul Bellow never took my advice when he was my friend.

Raymond Carver is good. I think he'll be appreciated more and more. He's an easy...

Raymond Carver is good. I think he'll be appreciated more and more. He's an easy...