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I want a real encounter with something true and disconcerting about peoples' natures.

Karen Russell

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Karen Russell
Age: 43
Born: 1981
Born: July 10
Novelist
University Teacher
Writer
Miami
Florida
Natures
Encounter
Peoples
Encounters
True
Real
Something
Disconcerting

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