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High fashion has the shelf life of potato salad. And when past its prime, it is similarly deadly.

Barbara Kingsolver

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Barbara Kingsolver
Age: 69
Born: 1955
Born: April 8
Essayist
Novelist
Poet
Writer
Annapolis
Maryland
High
Similarly
Past
Shelf
Life
Salad
Potatoes
Deadly
Shelves
Prime
Fashion
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