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The author discusses her new book, Stag Dance.
She stops to look into her mother's face. It is smooth and blank as a stone. Nothing emerges; nothing shifts.
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She stops to look into her mother's face. It is smooth and blank as a stone. Nothing emerges; nothing shifts.
The author discusses her new book, Stag Dance.
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If he took a shortcut, if he made the creative process any easier for himself, the magic would be lost.
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I followed a desire to witness, but not control, the inner workings of living things.