Lucia Berlin: My Mentor in Being an Outsider

The author reflects on finding a mentor in fellow literary outsider Lucia Berlin, long before Berlin’s fame.
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The author reflects on finding a mentor in fellow literary outsider Lucia Berlin, long before Berlin’s fame.
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