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I don't type [when I write] because . . . I often have the feeling that everything flows directly from my right hand.

Anne Tyler

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Anne Tyler
Age: 83
Born: 1941
Born: October 25
Librarian
Novelist
Short Story Writer
Writer
Minneapolis
Minnesota
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