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Being a writer means I sit in a dark (and pretty dank) room off my garage for many hours a day, and in my wallowing moments I can feel as if I'm already on the outside of society, peering wistfully in.

Lauren Groff

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Lauren Groff
Age: 46
Born: 1978
Born: July 23
Novelist
Writer
Cooperstown
New York
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Room
Moments
Writer
Many
Rooms
Wistfully
Feel
Already
Peering
Feels
Pretty
Dank
Mean
Dark
Wallowing
Hours
Garage
Society
Outside

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