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I shall try to tell the truth, but the result will be fiction.
Katherine Anne Porter
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Katherine Anne Porter
Age: 90 †
Born: 1890
Born: May 15
Died: 1980
Died: September 18
Essayist
Journalist
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Indian Creek
Texas
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I specialize in what the French call la petite histoire. I am interested in the individual thumbprint.
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