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"I think that in a lot of readers' minds the essay is a lot more utilitarian than it is art."

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In college I studied essays with a poet, and so I think my interpretation of the genre was always going to be a little off-kilter.

— John D'Agata

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If there's a poster boy for the fact that all essays are written through personae, it's Crèvecoeur.

— John D'Agata

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