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Lots of women read fiction. Most men don't. Women read fiction written by women and by men. Most men don't. If a man opens a novel, he likes to have a masculine name on the cover; it's reassuring somehow. You never know what might happen to that external genitalia if you immerse yourself in imaginary doings concocted by someone with the goods on the inside.
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Good authors, too, who once knew better words Now only use four-letter words Writing prose — Anything goes.
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February 19, 1955
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