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摘要

I have an internal Geiger counter that sounds when a genuine thing is encountered. A true piece of writing or an authentic snatch of life clicks a little bit in my brain and registers a little more strongly in my heart. And as a writer, if that thing is genuine enough, I want to create a companion piece that only I will know is a companion piece. All I'm saying is that when certain things are excellent, they inspire me. I would be hard-pressed to tell you why I think excellence is tied to the truth—that I leave to Papa Hemingway—but I can say that such things set off internal bells that foreshadow the bells of my turned-on computer, a machine that sounds not so much like the music of the spheres as it sounds like your soul being sucked into a black hole.