How many writers keep getting better until the end?
Or how maybe, how few?
You could throw Shakespeare in there, since the Tempest is masterful. Truman Capote and Harper Lee don’t count, since Capote could never finish another book after In Cold Blood and Lee could finish only one. Joyce disappeared into Finnegans and never reappeared.
Who am I missing?
And I wonder why? Does genius require a physical vigor, or emotional, or both, lost over time?
Sorry, that’s three questions.
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