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Jamaican novelist Marlon James on how he deals with page one pressure and why it's ok to throw away five hundred pages of your work. (Photo shows: Marlon James (c) Jeffrey Skemp)
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Available for over a year
Jamaican novelist Marlon James on how he deals with page one pressure and why it's ok to throw away five hundred pages of your work. (Photo shows: Marlon James (c) Jeffrey Skemp)
Programme Website