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. . . all that she had had, and all that she had missed, were lost together, and were twice lost in this landslide of remembered losses.

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Katherine Anne Porter
Age: 90 †
Born: 1890
Born: May 15
Died: 1980
Died: September 18
Essayist
Journalist
Novelist
Screenwriter
Writer
Indian Creek
Texas
Loss
Lost
Landslide
Together
Landslides
Losses
Missed
Twice
Remembered
Disaster

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