"How are poets able to unzip what they see around them, calling forth a truer essence from behind a common fact? Why, reading a verse about a pear, do you see past the fruit in so transcendent a way?"

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About Elizabeth Berg

Elizabeth Berg is an American novelist and short-story writer known for character-driven fiction such as Open House and Talk Before Sleep. Her books have appeared on major U.S. bestseller lists.

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