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Anita Mason – Writers Who Inspire Me

Illustration by Fran Pulido of woman by window thinking what to write with book birds flying past window.

30 October, 2020
Anita Mason

I had to throw off the shadows of Samuel Johnson’s perfection before I could write. But they have not left me. I had to throw off the shadows of Samuel Johnson’s perfection before I could write. But they have not left me. Often I feel their tug as I struggle to craft a sentence.

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