Here are the words of Mr. Bennett Cerf, a great publisher, a great wit, and apparently a great guy. May he smooth any heavenly feathers I ruffled in regards to William Faulkner. William Faulkner had a firm belief that the author writes the book and the publisher publishes it. He…
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Illustration by Rockwell Kent RACHEL KUSHNER: I don’t think of sex as any more difficult to write about than any other human behavior. Writers fail or soar at anything. Everyone thinks about sex, engages in it. It’s the secret we all share. Just acknowledging its constant presence in people’s thoughts…