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Marius du Plessis

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Spec-fic writer, essayist, founder of Mirari Press.

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At a book launch a few years ago someone in the audience asked the author the question: who did you write it for? She answered immediately; she wrote it for herself. The room applauded, warmly, and she was right to say it, because it was true and because the culture around books has trained all of us to admire that answer above the available alternatives. After all, should we be writing books for

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