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Wednesday, August 7, 2019

Fiction Is About Private Life, Nonfiction About Known People

The short story writer, playwright, and novelist deal with private life. They deal with ordinary people and elevate these people into our consciousness. The nonfiction writer has traditionally dealt with people in public life, names that are known to us.

Gay Talese in Telling True Stories, edited by Wendy Call, 2007 

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