Like many writers, I feel centered when I write, or it might be better to say, when I don’t write, when I can’t write for whatever reason, I feel, frankly, de-stabilized. It’s dangerous for me not to write.
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Sigrid Nunez
Carl Palazzolo, Viewed by night, viewed by day, 1986, mixed media on canvas and burlap, 90 × 1120 inches. Courtesy of Bette Stoler Gallery.
Carl Palazzolo, “Robinhood Water” (#20), August 1986, Robinhood, Maine, watercolor, 14½ × 15 inches. Courtesy of Bette Stoler Gallery.
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Spalding Gray, Angela Carter, Rodion Zaveriyayev, and Joan Mitchell.
Like many writers, I feel centered when I write, or it might be better to say, when I don’t write, when I can’t write for whatever reason, I feel, frankly, de-stabilized. It’s dangerous for me not to write.
Sigrid Nunez