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Writing has been my window-flung wide open to this magnificent, chaotic existence-my way of interpreting everything within my grasp.

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Dani Shapiro
Age: 62
Born: 1962
Born: April 10
Author
Novelist
New York City
New York
Writing
Grasp
Way
Magnificent
Wide
Window
Open
Existence
Flung
Within
Interpreting
Everything
Chaotic

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