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Writing is the only way I know to demand justice from an uncaring universe.

Dorothy Allison

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Dorothy Allison
Age: 75
Born: 1949
Born: April 11
Feminist
Novelist
Poet
Writer
Greenville
South Carolina
Universe
Writing
Way
Uncaring
Demand
Justice

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