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  • What impact does your writing have?
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What sparks your creativity?

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Calvin Trillin

Author / Journalist

The New Yorker's Joseph Mitchell has always been an inspiration of craft; Peter De Vries has been an inspiration for humor.

December 14, 2007  |  In Arts & Culture, Inspiration & Wisdom, Media & Internet

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