VERIFIED QUOTE · reported 2026-09-02
“I put it in [Pangram], I posted it, and then later The New York Times asked me for comment,”
Max Spero · said date not stated · reported 2026-09-02
Spero recounts how he ran Ballard's Shy Girl manuscript through Pangram and posted the result.
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