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A refugee population is hungry for language and aware that anything can happen.

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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Refugee
Hungry
Population
Aware
Happen
Language
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Anything

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