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The document discusses the relationship between a writer and their words. It argues that as a "private poet," the writer must take emotional ownership over their vocabulary and the towns they write about. Their words and subjects are dictated by their obsessions, and the relationship between the writer and their language gains power, while the relationship between the writer and their subject weakens. The writer aims to find an authentic voice and way of writing that generates things for them to say through
- Author
- Joel Francisco
- Language
- EN