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My older sister has entire kingdoms inside of her, and some of them are only accessible at certain seasons, in certain kinds of weather.

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Karen Russell
Age: 43
Born: 1981
Born: July 10
Novelist
University Teacher
Writer
Miami
Florida
Inside
Accessible
Certain
Kingdoms
Kind
Sister
Weather
Seasons
Kinds
Older
Entire

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