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When i write, i don't translate for white readers.... dostoevski wrote for a russian audience, but we're able to read him. if i'm specific, and i don't overexplain, then anyone can overhear me.
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Toni Morrison
When i write, i don't translate for white readers.... dostoevski wrote for a russian audience, but we're able to read him. if i'm specific, and i don't overexplain, then anyone can overhear me.
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