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She smiled at him, with longing. 'Where do you live,' she asked, 'and how do I get there?

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Lorrie Moore
Age: 67
Born: 1957
Born: January 13
Faculty Member
Novelist
Writer
Glens Falls
New York
Smiled
Longing
Asked
Live

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