It’s not the word made flesh we want in writing, in poetry and fiction, but the flesh made word

William H. Gass
It’s not the word made flesh we want in writing,...
It’s not the word made flesh we want in writing,...
It’s not the word made flesh we want in writing,...
It’s not the word made flesh we want in writing,...
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It's not the word made flesh we want in writing, in poetry and fiction, but the flesh made word. It is not the words in which we are interested, but the flesh in which they are clothed. The words are symbols of the inner life of the writer. It is the words that are important - only they are important - not the writers when they write.

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