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I'm drawn to the magical efficacies of language as a political act.

Anne Waldman

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Anne Waldman
Age: 79
Born: 1945
Born: April 2
Poet
Writer
Millville
New Jersey
Efficacy
Magical
Drawn
Language
Political

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