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In a feature in the Guardian<\/i><\/a> by Geraldine Bedell, AL Kennedy is quoted as saying:<\/p>\n

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The authors I first loved all had initials – JRR Tolkien, CS Lewis, E Nesbit, ee cummings – and I actively didn’t want to know who they were or have them get in the way of my enjoying their story and their voice.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n

Indeed, that is quite the problem with our times, especially in India: too much of the focus is on the author. That’s because most of us don’t read.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

In a feature in the Guardian<\/i><\/a> by Geraldine Bedell, AL Kennedy is quoted as saying:<\/p>\n

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The authors I first loved all had initials – JRR Tolkien, CS Lewis, E Nesbit, ee cummings – and I actively didn’t want to know who they were or have them get in the way of my enjoying their story and their voice.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n

Indeed, that is quite the problem with our times, especially in India: too much of the focus is on the author. That’s because most of us don’t read.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[18,3,32],"tags":[],"yoast_head":"\nHiding the author - India Uncut<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/indiauncut.com\/hiding-the-author\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_GB\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Hiding the author - India Uncut\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"In a feature in the Guardian by Geraldine Bedell, AL Kennedy is quoted as saying: The authors I first loved all had initials - JRR Tolkien, CS Lewis, E Nesbit, ee cummings - and I actively didn’t want to know who they were or have them get in the way of my enjoying their story and their voice. 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