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The quote says that writers eventually need to pay attention to what genuinely matters to readers. It suggests that good writing involves recognizing public interest instead of focusing only on the writer's own priorities.
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About Mark Kurlansky
American journalist and author
Mark Kurlansky is an American journalist and author. He is known for writing both fiction and nonfiction, and for books that reached a wide international readership. His 1997 book Cod: A Biography of the Fish That Changed the World became an international bestseller and was translated into more than fifteen languages. He also wrote Nonviolence: Twenty-five Lessons From the History of a Dangerous Idea, which won the nonfiction prize for the 2007 Dayton Literary Peace Prize.
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Books by Mark Kurlansky
Salt
2002
COD; A BIOGRAPHY OF THE FISH THAT CHANGED THE WORLD
1997
The Basque
2006
Big Oyster New York in the World
2006
The Food of a Younger Land
2009