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Is perception equivalent to existence?

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
Existence
Equivalent
Perception

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Every country gets the circus it deserves. Spain gets bullfights. Italy the Church. America Hollywood.
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Because I loved myself, I was loved.
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