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Irresistible First Lines
November 15, 2010 9:51 am
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"They shot the white girl first." That's how Toni Morrison's novel, Paradise, begins, and it's a great example of an irresistible first line. Martha shares others sent in by listeners. She also reads from a Michael Cunningham essay about why a first line must be authoritative. This is part of a complete episode.
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