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Love is a good place to situate our distrust of fake women.

Anne Carson

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Anne Carson
Age: 74
Born: 1950
Born: June 21
Linguist
Literary Critic
Poet
Professor
Translator
Writer
City of Toronto
Carson
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Distrust
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Women
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Love
Situate

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