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You are a human animal.

You are a very special breed,

or you are the only animal,

who can think, who can reason, who can read.

From KCRW Santa Monica, I'm Michael Silverblatt, and this is Bookworm.

Today, I'm very happy to have a new writer, at least new from me, across from me,

whose name is Tal Lynn, T-A-O-L-I-N.

I feel foolish saying this, but while 26 years old, he has just published his fifth book, which is a novella called Choplifting from American Apparel. It's published

by Melville House,

and they've published his three previous books,

a book of poetry called Cognitive Behavioral Therapy,

a book of stories called Bed,

and a novel called E, E, E, which I'll spell as well. The first word is E, E, E, E, E, E, which I'll spell as well.

The first word is E, E, E, E, E, E, E, and the second word is E, E, E, and the third word is E, E, E, and the third word is E, all from Melville House.

There's a first book of poetry as well called You Are a Little Bit Happier Than I Am, which was published in 2006 from Action Books.

Now, it seems to me this means that you wanted to be a writer from very, very early on.

Has that always been your desire?

No, I think I first wanted to be a writer in my first or second year of college.

And then my prolific output is probably a cause of me just not being very social, not really

liking watching TV, and being in a situation where my publisher would just publish what I write

and not tell me like a book I had written doesn't really

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