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Monday, October 31, 2016
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FRAGMENT FROM
AN UNPUBLISHED INTERVIEW
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Q: Why do you write?
A: I write for that noblest and most altruistic
of all reasons: to see my name in print.
Q: What about saving the nation?
A: If by nation you mean
commissars and assorted former KGB agents
in the Homeland and bosses, bishops and benefactors
in the Diaspora, I say the nation’s conduct
towards its writers has been so consistently
disgraceful, shameless, and bloodthirsty that
I feel fully justified in saying
the nation can go f*** itself.
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**********************************
FRAGMENT FROM
AN UNPUBLISHED INTERVIEW
******************************************
Q: Why do you write?
A: I write for that noblest and most altruistic
of all reasons: to see my name in print.
Q: What about saving the nation?
A: If by nation you mean
commissars and assorted former KGB agents
in the Homeland and bosses, bishops and benefactors
in the Diaspora, I say the nation’s conduct
towards its writers has been so consistently
disgraceful, shameless, and bloodthirsty that
I feel fully justified in saying
the nation can go f*** itself.
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