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Our Longreads Member Pick: A Conversation with Writer Colm Toíbín, by Jessica Gross

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Dear Longreads Members,

This week's Member Pick is an in-depth interview with writer Colm Toíbín about his writing process and how he fleshes out characters in his works of fiction. He tells us:

"The thing is, you’re never sure of your ground, because you’re always wondering what the next detail should be. So no matter what you’re doing, you’re involved in the close imagining, entering into a spirit of someone who is not fully known to you, even if they were, for example, yourself, because it is a sort of glittering process of trying to find the right image to come now that will work rhythmically and will make sense dramatically."

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