“To be a writer is to be an autodidact, with all the limitations, gaps, and gaucheries typical of the autodidact, who belabors clichés as though they were sacral revelation.”
Cynthia Ozick, “Toward a New Yiddish”
Terry Teachout on the arts in New York City
“To be a writer is to be an autodidact, with all the limitations, gaps, and gaucheries typical of the autodidact, who belabors clichés as though they were sacral revelation.”
Cynthia Ozick, “Toward a New Yiddish”
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