making a public appearance
12th March 2017 | for Creatives | artist integrity, reaching your audience, bookstores, William Faulkner, Charles Baxter, author readings |
"Can you imagine William Faulkner [making a public appearance] in a bookstore? He'd probably be blind drunk and would tell everyone to go fuck themselves."
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