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Writing is hard for every last one of us—straight white men included. Coal mining is harder. Do you think miners stand around all day talking about how hard it is to mine for coal? They do not. They simply dig.
Cheryl Strayed
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Cheryl Strayed
Age: 56
Born: 1968
Born: September 17
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