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Only write to me, write to me, I love to see the hop and skip and sudden starts of your ink.

A. S. Byatt

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A. S. Byatt
Age: 88
Born: 1936
Born: August 24
Literary Critic
Novelist
Poet
University Teacher
Writer
Sheffield
England
Dame Antonia Susan Duffy
Antonia Susan Drabble
Antonia Susan Duffy
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Ink
Skip
Hops
Sudden
Starts
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