Lauren Groff quote — “Tell me, why did Lotto write a war play? Because works about war alway…”

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Tell me, why did Lotto write a war play? Because works about war always trump works about emotions, even if the smaller, more domestic plays are better written, smarter, more interesting. The war stories are the ones that gets the prizes. But your husband's voice is strongest when he speaks most quietly and clearly.

Lauren Groff Fates and Furies war

Henry Wadsworth Longfellow Voices of the Night life

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Geraldine McCaughrean Peter Pan in Scarlet fiction

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Bernard Edelman Dear America: Letters Home from Vietnam loss