There are writers who can show you the excellence of their brains and writers who show you the … - Elizabeth McCracken

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Nothing is more powerful for your future than being a gatherer of good ideas and information. That's called doing your homework.

Elizabeth McCracken

There are writers who can show you the excellence of their brains and writers who show you the depths of their souls: I don't know any writer who does both at the same time as brilliantly as Roxane Gay.

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