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I’ve carved the puppet, and I manipulate the strings, but while it’s on stage, the show belongs to the puppet.

Guy Davenport

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Guy Davenport
Age: 77 †
Born: 1927
Born: November 23
Died: 2005
Died: January 4
Author
Linguist
Novelist
Painter
Poet
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University Teacher
Writer
South Carolina
United States
Guy Mattison Davenport
Puppets
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