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And I think that's important, to know how the water's gone over the dam before you start to describe it. It helps to have been over the dam yourself.

Annie Proulx

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Annie Proulx
Age: 89
Born: 1935
Born: August 22
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Journalist
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Non-Fiction Writer
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Screenwriter
Norwich
Connecticut
E. Annie Proulx
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Edna Annie Proulx
Edna Ann Proulx
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