The author of the global sensation on being inspired by Harper Lee, the craft of Joan Didion, and the joys of rereading Louisa May Alcott My earliest reading memory I have a very clear memory of reading Fun With Dick and Jane. I was four years old, and my dad wrote each word on a chalkboard. I ...
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