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From his Primer of English Literature . . .
“Writing is not literature unless it gives to the reader a pleasure which arises not only from the things said, but from the way in which they are said; and that pleasure is only given when the words are carefully or curiously or beautifully put together into sentences.”
Simple, isn’t it? And a fitting preview to tonight’s announcement of the winners of the National Book Award.
