I think I meet more readers in Lahore than I did when I lived in New York or London. Most of my friends in New York and London did read fiction. But many of them wrote it, too. Or edited it. Or agented it. Or publicized it. Or hung out with lots of folks who did. So they were readers, but they weren’t readers — they weren’t civilians, so to speak. When they discussed fiction, they did so as insiders. In Lahore, I rarely bump into readers who think of themselves as insiders. And when I discuss books, I’m much more likely to find myself discussing pleasure. It’s like being a chemist who’s stumbled into a field of people tripping on LSD. nytimes/2014/08/31/books/review/does-where-you-live-make-a-difference-in-how-and-what-you-write.html?ref=books&_r=0
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