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I went for years not finishing anything. Because, of course, when you finish something you can be judged...I had poems which were re-written so many times I suspect it was just a way of avoiding sending them out.

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Erica Jong
Age: 82
Born: 1942
Born: March 26
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Erica Mann Jong
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