We're not keen on the idea of the story sharing its valence with the reader. But the reader's own life "outside" the story changes the story. (David Foster Wallace)

We're not keen on the idea of the story sharing its valence with the reader. But the reader's own life "outside" the story changes the story.

David Foster Wallace

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