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Naming the World: The Anxiety of Finding the Right Word
by Christopher Wall
| Department: | The Literary Life |
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| Issue: | January/February 2012 |
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The writer’s duty of accurately naming the world takes on new importance for a new father, whose infant son teaches him that it’s sometimes more pleasurable to flirt with meaning than to be precise. |