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Caught between the tongue and the taste.

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
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Caught
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Desire doubled is love and love doubled is madness.
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he stood against the wind and let it peel him clean
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