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The speaker is asking for nonfiction that captures experience as changing, unstable, and hard to pin down. The quote suggests an interest in writing that reflects how reality can feel varied and temporary. It is also a statement about wanting nonfiction to be responsive to the complexity of lived experience.
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About David Shields
American author
David Shields is an American author of 25 books. His work spans fiction, nonfiction, and criticism, and he is known for books such as Reality Hunger, The Thing About Life Is That One Day You'll Be Dead, and Black Planet. He has been a Guggenheim Fellow, twice an NEA Fellow, and a winner of the PEN Revson Award. He has also been a finalist for the National Book Critics' Circle Award and the PEN West Award, and has served as senior contributing editor of Conjunctions.
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