Advocacy is a challenge
4th July 2016 | for Creatives | creating isn't easy, writing, artist's message, Reginald Dwayne Betts |
"Advocacy is a challenge because it is—not because it might pervert writing, any more than love or sex or hope might pervert writing."
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