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“I had written a story. I wrote the story out of some desperation, really, and I …” — Deborah Eisenberg

I had written a story. I wrote the story out of some desperation, really, and I didn't know I was writing a story, and it took me years. And when I finished, a friend of mine had the idea that the story should be read as a monologue in a theater.
Deborah Eisenberg
Deborah Eisenberg Writer • American
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