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Every time I catch myself saying, Oh no, you shouldn't try that, I think, Yes, I should.

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