Marjorie M. Liu (1979) American writer
On reading in “Marjorie Liu: Making a Monstress” https://www.guernicamag.com/making-a-monstress/ in Guernica (2016 Feb 15)
“They liked the book the better the more it made them cry.”
She Stoops to Conquer (1771), Act II
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