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Meanwhile music pounded / across hearts opening every valve to the desperate drama of being / a self in a song.

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Anne Carson
Age: 74
Born: 1950
Born: June 21
Linguist
Literary Critic
Poet
Professor
Translator
Writer
City of Toronto
Carson
Anne
Drama
Hearts
Across
Song
Pounded
Music
Valve
Self
Meanwhile
Heart
Desperate
Every
Opening

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Those nights lying alone are not discontinuous with this cold hectic dawn. It is who I am.
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