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Paul Beatty Hates Writing

Paul Beatty Hates Writing

“Language is tough. Using the right words is so important to me.” Paul Beatty, author of the Man Booker Prize–winning novel, The Sellout (Farrar, Straus and Giroux, 2015), speaks about the labor of writing and his advice to students on Late Night With Seth Meyers.

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Paul Beatty
Late Night With Seth Meyers
2015
Farrar, Straus and Giroux
The Sellout
Man Booker Prize
writing advice
teaching
Columbia University

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