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I want books written out of a brain and heart and soul crowded and vital with Life, spelled with a big L. I want poetry bursting with passion. I don't care a hang for the 'verbal felicities.' They'll do for the fringe, but I want the garment to warm me first.

Gertrude Atherton

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Gertrude Atherton
Age: 90 †
Born: 1858
Born: January 14
Died: 1948
Died: June 14
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Non-Fiction Writer
Novelist
Screenwriter
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San Francisco County
California
Gertrude Franklin Atherton
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Frank Lin
Gertrude Franklin Horn Atherton
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Bursting
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Brain
Verbal
First
Books
Fringe
Heart
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Life
Passion
Crowded
Felicities
Bigs
Vital
Spelled
Care
Hang
Garment
Soul
Warm
Felicity

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