In 2010, Ernest J. Gaines—the late author of A Lesson Before Dying and The Autobiography of Miss Jane Pittman—talked about how part of his fiction grew out of listening to the stories of the people he grew up around in Jim Crow-era Louisiana. But, he emphasized, writing is not just about having good material: Content is probably only …
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Published on November 17, 2019 05:00