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"I certainly want people to like my writing, but I know that if I write with the intention of trying to please people, the writing will not be good because it will not be authentic. So, ironically, I have to be willing to write something strange or unlovable in order to write anything truly good."

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About Amity Gaige

Amity Gaige is an American novelist and a Guggenheim Fellow in Fiction. She has published multiple novels and has taught English at Yale University.

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