I think of Melville here when he said he wrote Moby Dick for an audience that didn’t exist yet.

…serve as a bit of encouragement for anyone who wants to tell a story (and as a reminder to myself). It is the author who defines success, not the reader. The reader is a measurement of our success.
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Walter Bowne
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Oct 20, 2021
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I think of Melville here when he said he wrote Moby Dick for an audience that didn’t exist yet. Or even Emily Dickinson.
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This “trophy husband” writes fiction, poetry, narrative non-fiction, travel essays, music essays, book reviews, and essays about his belly button.
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