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Our need to reimagine our world through the vibratory larynx, that's what matters. Re-awaken the world to itself. Through ideas, pictures, sounds. Hold the mirror up to nature.
Anne Waldman
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Anne Waldman
Age: 79
Born: 1945
Born: April 2
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Millville
New Jersey
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