Quote by: David Leavitt

It was an instinct to put the world in order that powered her mending split infinitives and snipping off dangling participles, smoothing away the knots and bumps until the prose before her took on a sheen, like perfect caramel.


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Author Bio


  • NameDavid Leavitt
  • DescriptionNovelist, short story writer, essayist, professor
  • BornJune 23, 1961
  • CountryUnited States Of America
  • ProfessionWriter; Novelist
  • AwardsGuggenheim Fellowship