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Solitude is un-American.

Erica Jong

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Erica Jong
Age: 82
Born: 1942
Born: March 26
Author
Feminist
Novelist
Poet
Writer
New York City
New York
Erica Mann Jong
Solitude
American

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I want you. I want you. I want you. Anything to avoid saying: I love you.
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