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One had to build shelters. One had to make pockets and live inside them.

Lorrie Moore

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Lorrie Moore
Age: 67
Born: 1957
Born: January 13
Faculty Member
Novelist
Writer
Glens Falls
New York
Make
Shelters
Shelter
Pockets
Build
Inside
Live

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