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I have students whose fathers are voting for Sarah Palin. It's wild.

Anne Waldman

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Anne Waldman
Age: 79
Born: 1945
Born: April 2
Poet
Writer
Millville
New Jersey
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Students
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Palin

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World War II synchronizes things for a lot of people. There's a kind of wakeup call.
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