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“Fiction ought to announce the problems, dramatize the problems, display them. Yet offer no set answer. An answer would solve the mystery. Writing fiction, for me, is about putting on paper my obsessive interest in something mysterious. I may figure out the source of the mystery, the things that brought some action or image to my mind, but to make an equation of it would ruin the story.”

Quote by Antonya Nelson

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Antonya Nelson is an American author known for her short stories. Her works often explore themes of family, love, and identity, with a unique narrative style that has won her a dedicated following. more

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