“Poets Go to Bed Earliest”: Ann Beattie’s 7 Truths About Writers
Posted by The New Yorker, newyorker.com

The fol­low­ing excerpt is taken from Ann Beat­tie’s new book, “Mrs. Nixon: A Nov­el­ist Imag­ines a Life,” a por­tion of which appeared in The New York­er. “Mrs. Nixon” is a por­trait of the for­mer First Lady that blends fic­tion and fact…

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