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Jerry Saltz: Senior Art Critic; New York Magazine. 2018 Pulitzer Prize in Criticism. Author of NYT Best Seller “How To Be an Artist.” 2-time ASME award winner.
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Jerry Saltz @jerrysaltz
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Feb 25, 2023
Proust’s “In Search of Lost Time” is my favorite book. It took me 10 yrs of attempting & failing. Then out of nowhere, I could read it. Now I’ve read all of it 5 times. Ditto “Paradise Lost.” I’ve read it 5 times. What two favorite books took you many tries before they clicked?
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