"I never really see a book in the context of what went before because when I finish a book I try to press the delete button so that it’s wiped off the hard drive…"
— Caryl Phillips

January 1, 1970

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On pushing a book that he’s published out of his mind so that he may start a new one in “YORKSHIRE CALLING: AN INTERVIEW WITH CARYL PHILLIPS” in Public Books (2015 May 1)