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What is the fear inside language? No accident of the body can make it stop burning.

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
Anne
Burning
Inside
Stop
Language
Fear
Body
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Accident
Accidents

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