So I kept pulling my punches. And later I realised that was a mistake. Life doesn't spare the kind of people who I write about, so I felt like it would be dishonest to spare my characters in that way. (Jesmyn Ward)

So I kept pulling my punches. And later I realised that was a mistake. Life doesn't spare the kind of people who I write about, so I felt like it would be dishonest to spare my characters in that way.

Jesmyn Ward

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