it transcends genre
11th July 2016 | for Creatives | artist integrity, writing, genre, Hilton Als |
"The two most important things I've learned about writing are humility and emotional truth. If you present the emotional truth of a situation, particularly in an essay or a poem, it transcends genre."
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