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In the day-to-day, farm work is stress relief for me. At the end of the day, I love having this other career - my anti-job - that keeps me in shape and gives me control over a vegetal domain.

Barbara Kingsolver

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Barbara Kingsolver
Age: 69
Born: 1955
Born: April 8
Essayist
Novelist
Poet
Writer
Annapolis
Maryland
Giving
Keeps
Work
Shapes
Farm
Love
Career
Domain
Careers
Farms
Gives
Relief
Control
Anti
Jobs
Shape
Ends
Stress

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