In praise of late bloomers

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George Saunders; Ursula K. Le Guin; and Walt Whitman. Photo: Alamy

  • A writer reflects on the age-old dilemma of publishing young or waiting for the ripeness of experience
  • We wake up to the persistent dawn chorus of paeans sung in praise of youth every morning, with literature in no way exempt from the youth-before-age mantra

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