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The poetry when I was a kid felt like something that I could control, and whether it failed or not, whether it was good or not, was totally on me and I could accept that. It was entirely mine.

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Amber Tamblyn
Age: 41
Born: 1983
Born: May 14
Actress
Film Actor
Film Director
Poet
Screenwriter
Television Actor
Writer
Santa Monica
California
Amber Rose Tamblyn
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