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Think of the road as a kind of zone and a site of incredible diversity.

Anne Waldman

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Anne Waldman
Age: 79
Born: 1945
Born: April 2
Poet
Writer
Millville
New Jersey
Thinking
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Zone
Incredible
Diversity
Road
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