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Literature is a mystical place for me. It's not dry. It's where miracles happen.

John Darnielle

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John Darnielle
Age: 57
Born: 1967
Born: March 16
Composer
Musician
Singer-Songwriter
Bloomington
Indiana
Literature
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Mystical
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