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In real life I avoid all parties altogether, but on paper I can mingle with the best of them

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Anne Tyler
Age: 83
Born: 1941
Born: October 25
Librarian
Novelist
Short Story Writer
Writer
Minneapolis
Minnesota
Avoid
Paper
Literature
Party
Best
Real
Mingle
Life
Altogether
Parties

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