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I never bought the idea of individual genius from which the novel spews forth. It's always an act of curation.

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Zadie Smith
Age: 49
Born: 1975
Born: October 27
Essayist
Novelist
Writer
London
England
Zadie Adeline Smith
Ideas
Always
Curation
Never
Bought
Forth
Genius
Novel
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Individual

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