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I think it was the institution...I was trying to master it.

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E. Lockhart
Age: 57
Born: 1967
Born: September 13
Writer
New York City
New York
Emily Jenkins
Emily Lockhart
E. Lockhart
Institutions
Masters
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Thinking
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