Here’s the opening paragraph from what I’m reading now. When I was a young writer of thirty and just setting out, I traveled to North Carolina to hear Maya Angelou give a lecture on writing. I sat on the sixth row of the large auditorium while the tall woman with the powerful presence spoke about […]
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First Paragraph
Here’s the first paragraph from what I’m reading now. I, Julian Fabius, an advocate for discretion in all things, should have known better. Take that as a given. But even the best shield can drop with age, weariness, and wine and the truth is I would like my epitaph to be more impressive than “He […]