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From: Nancy Werlin <nwerlin>
Date: Fri, 31 Aug 2001 08:24:23 -0400
But we DON'T read them in neutral gear--in fact, they are meant to touch us, upset us, move us. Children, especially, are wide open to the emotional pull of novels. And that is why some of us love Cormier and some of us would rather never read another of his raw and disturbing novels.
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Amen! If I read novels in "neutral gear," I'd never have become a writer. Give me an emotional reaction, every time.
-Nancy Werlin
___________ Nancy Werlin Email: nwerlin at world.std.com Web site: www.nancywerlin.com
Received on Fri 31 Aug 2001 07:24:23 AM CDT
Date: Fri, 31 Aug 2001 08:24:23 -0400
But we DON'T read them in neutral gear--in fact, they are meant to touch us, upset us, move us. Children, especially, are wide open to the emotional pull of novels. And that is why some of us love Cormier and some of us would rather never read another of his raw and disturbing novels.
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Amen! If I read novels in "neutral gear," I'd never have become a writer. Give me an emotional reaction, every time.
-Nancy Werlin
___________ Nancy Werlin Email: nwerlin at world.std.com Web site: www.nancywerlin.com
Received on Fri 31 Aug 2001 07:24:23 AM CDT
