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When I look at my life there are these streams, these things that have continuity from the fifties to now.

Anne Waldman

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Anne Waldman
Age: 79
Born: 1945
Born: April 2
Poet
Writer
Millville
New Jersey
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Things
Life
Fifties
Continuity
Streams

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