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All writers have periods when they stop writing, when they cannot write, and this is always painful and terrible because writing is like breathing.

Audre Lorde

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Audre Lorde
Age: 58 †
Born: 1934
Born: February 18
Died: 1992
Died: November 17
Essayist
Feminist
Librarian
Novelist
Poet
University Teacher
Writer
New York City
New York
Audre Geraldine Lorde
Always
Painful
Like
Writers
Periods
Terrible
Stop
Write
Cannot
Writing
Breathing

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