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could it also be that the writer has to reinvent himself for the purpose of telling each new story?
A writer has to see things twice. First the thing itself, then its potential for a story.
Art, in the end, may be little more than this: convincing people to set aside their natural reluctance long enough to register your vision.
This is the bad news Dubus feels compelled to share with us: that we are, alas, unequal to many of the most important tasks life sets before us. We are too small and the world too large.
