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When I'm writing, I think about the garden, and when I'm in the garden I think about writing. I do a lot of writing by putting something in the ground.
Jamaica Kincaid
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Jamaica Kincaid
Age: 75
Born: 1949
Born: May 25
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St John's
Elanie Potter Richardson
Elaine Cynthia Potter Richardson
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When I start to write something, I suppose I want it to change me, to make me into something not myself.
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