"Those who think he had lucky breaks are not only unaware of the real story but also fall prey to that sin of the mediocre: bitchiness about others’ success"

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Marlon James

Author, Novelist

Marlon James is a Jamaican author known for his impactful novels, including 'A Brief History of Seven Killings,' which explores themes of identity and violence.

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"Bad feeling is a country no woman want to visit. So they take good feeling any which way it come. Sometime that good feeling come by taking on a different kind of bad feeling."

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"I think that’s what Toni Morrison and Alice Walker understand, the secret language of women. That it’s not a secret at all; men just don’t know how to listen."

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