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Pain collected into deep pockets and I was aware of this painbut somehow I could not seem to feel it. It was like a body-deafness.

Karen Russell

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Karen Russell
Age: 43
Born: 1981
Born: July 10
Novelist
University Teacher
Writer
Miami
Florida
Pain
Seems
Deafness
Body
Collected
Feel
Pockets
Feels
Somehow
Like
Aware
Deep
Seem

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