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I don't want to do the type of writing where I recite biography, parentage and education. I want to rise up from the words on the page and do something, hurt someone.

Don DeLillo

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Don DeLillo
Age: 88
Born: 1936
Born: November 20
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Donald Richard DeLillo
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