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Podcast: The Personal History, Adventures, Experiences & Observations of Peter Leroy
Episode: š§ 208: I would never . . .
Description: PrefaceāDo you know what it is I dislike aboutĀ writing?āAll the scratchings out and touchings up that are necessary . . . . Itās the power of revising that makes writing such a colorless affair . . . . Thatās what seems to me so fine about life. Itās like fresco-paintingāerasures arenāt allowed.āLafcadio, in Andre Gideās, Les Caves du Vatican (Lafcadioās Adventures), translated by Dorothy BussyI WOULD NEVER have written this story if Porky White hadnāt insisted on it. Not long after I finished Call Me Larry, Porky threw a party to announce the...