Anne Tyler Curiosity and Distance

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. . .a hand-copied poem by Richard Wilbur about sleeping, which reminds Tyler of writing ". . .step off assuredly into the blank of your mind. . .something will come to you."

"The only real physical effect that writing a novel has on the household," says Tyler, "is that I get so uninterested in cooking. My family can always tell when I'm well into a novel because the meals get very crummy."