Imitating Salinger. Rereading Borges. Remembering Cortazar. Walking along the paths trodden by Beers. Arguing with Castanella. Reflecting on Modiano's book. Is the author taking on too much? Imitate, reread, remember, follow in the footsteps... Also argue. In short, study. What's actually bad about that? Moreover, learning from masters is never a shame for anyone.