A Conversation With Russell Banks

Jesse Barron

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2014

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Editorial Note

Publication Note

“[T]o be an artist . . . you really have to blast the launch pad to get liftoff, scorching everything and everyone around you, and you cause a lot of damage sometimes.”

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Emotional Weight 3.8 / 5

Bittersweet

Narrative Pacing 2.0 / 5

Deliberate

Literary Style 1.8 / 5

Direct & Minimalist

Speculative / Reality 1.4 / 5

Realistic / Mimetic

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