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It reminds me that, for all Roth's linguistic energy and
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skill as a writer, there is still that great divide
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that language is trying to cross.
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And that's what I appreciate about literature in general,
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that it's that great attempt to cross that divide.
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I can overlook the misogyny for those things.
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Am I like Roth?
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Probably not, but that's why I like him.
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I read to see what I'm not,
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not to see what I am, and so Roth's
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very difference from me,
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his misogyny, is part of what allows