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Poetry is a kind of gasp, and there it is, a spark on the page. Fiction, on the other hand, is like swamp fire.

Joy Kogawa

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Joy Kogawa
Age: 89
Born: 1935
Born: June 6
Novelist
Poet
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Vancouver
British Columbia
Joy Nozomi Kogawa
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Gasp
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Swamp
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Fiction, on the other hand, is like swamp fire.
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