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Myths are stories about people who become too big for their lives temporarily, so that they crash into other lives or brush against gods. In crisis their souls are visible.

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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
People
Myth
Souls
Temporarily
Crisis
Brush
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Myths
Lives
Brushes
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Crash
Become
Visible
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Gods

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