So Junot Diaz was asked if using Spanish freaked out his English readers. And he said, ‘Motherfuckers will read a book that’s one third Elvish, but put in two sentences of Spanish and they’ll say we’re taking over.’ And that was cool and I know what he means—like how even a short powhiri[18] pisses people off—but then I read this book, and it goes on and on about Tolkein and Lord of the Rings and stuff, so you know the author loves it. So
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