"The essayist dreams of being a prism, through which other light passes, and fears ending up merely as a mirror, showing the same old face. He has only his Self to show and only himself to blame if it doesn't show up well."
Adam Gopnik, "Paris to the Moon"
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you should be in my creative nonfiction class. i can't think of anyone else i'd rather be sharing my personal essays with...definitely NOT my partner, who, so far, has only written rather uninterestingly about brushing her teeth.
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