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Published · transcript-backedKwame Anthony Appiah: belief
31 Jul 2019 Conversations with Tyler Kwame Anthony Appiah on Pictures of the World
“Huge and positive influence, which I am glad about, but as a literary figure, I think Twain is obviously superior.”
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- Kwame Anthony Appiah
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- 31 Jul 2019
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- Conversations with Tyler
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…Why? Well, he’s much funnier, for one thing. He has a wider range. He’s an essayist and a humorist as well as a novelist. So, in all of those ways, he’s a more interesting writer. Harriet Beecher Stowe had a huge influence through one book. Huge and positive influence, which I am glad about, but as a literary figure, I think Twain is obviously superior. And here’s the question that will really get you in trouble. Does Ghana or Nigeria have the better jollof rice?…
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