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The problem was precision, perfection the problem was digitization, which sucked the life out of everything that got smeared through its microscopic mesh.

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Jennifer Egan
Age: 62
Born: 1962
Born: September 7
Novelist
Writer
Chicago
Illinois
Problem
Everything
Life
Smeared
Microscopic
Mesh
Sucked
Precision
Perfection

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