"Writing was my way to make sense of the world outside and inside my home. Despite the recollections of the adults in my life, I don't think I was a terribly articulate child. Writing was a way to give wings to the inchoate emotions and feelings inside of me."
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On writing in “An interview with Thrity Umrigar” in BookBrowse (2017 Jul 11)
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