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Philosophy - hopeless. Yet it gives me hope.

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
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Hopeless
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Philosophy
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