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Run a hand through your hair, like the white boys do, even though the only thing that runs easily through your hair is Africa.
Junot Diaz
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Junot Diaz
Age: 55
Born: 1968
Born: December 31
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Santo Domingo
Dominican Republic
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Here at last is her smile: burn it into your memory you won't see it often.
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Clavo saca clavo. Nothing sacas nothing, you reply. No one will ever be like her.
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