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Writing is an exercise in sculpture, chipping away at the rock until you find the nose.

Stanley Elkin

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Stanley Elkin
Age: 65 †
Born: 1930
Born: May 11
Died: 1995
Died: May 31
Novelist
Writer
Brooklyn
New York
Stanley Lawrence Elkin
Writing
Sculpture
Nose
Noses
Rock
Rocks
Exercise
Away
Find
Chipping

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