Edmund White - I used to think that I could be successful if I pretended to be a 23-year-old black w...

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I used to think that I could be successful if I pretended to be a 23-year-old black woman. I wanted to find a young black woman who would be willing to go in on this with me. I would write her novels, and then she would do the touring. I always thought I was too old and the wrong color.

Edmund White

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Deutsche Übersetzung

Ich dachte immer, dass ich erfolgreich sein könnte, wenn ich mich als 23-jährige schwarze Frau ausgeben würde. Ich wollte eine junge schwarze Frau finden, die bereit wäre, sich mit mir auseinanderzusetzen. Ich würde ihre Romane schreiben und dann würde sie touren. Ich dachte immer, ich sei zu alt und habe die falsche Farbe.

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