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Reality is a sound, you have to tune in to it not just keep yelling.

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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Reality
Yelling
Tune
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Sound
Keep

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