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E. E. Cummings was, I have learned, a reactionary asshole, and he had his own motivations for saying this, but nevertheless I agree with the select following words as writing advice: "nothing is quite as easy as using words like somebody else. We all of us do exactly this nearly all of the time — and whenever we do it, we are not poets."

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This is such a good piece DAMN

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Probably going to print the last paragraph and stick it on my desk.

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Would you like to learn how to catch a fish, Sarah?

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I confess I read the Paris Review piece after reading this.

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So good!

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Read Turgenev.

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