Elif Batuman
Read enough about the dung beetle, and a picture of its character emerges: patient, optimistic, uncomplaining.
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Waiting for the spark from heaven to fall...No trace of slavery ought to mix with the studies...I don't write on topics that require a lot of urgency...Drummers are conductors — we set the pace...When I was in college, I really liked poetry...This world of ours... must avoid becoming a community...
