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Writing is a futile attempt to preserve what disappears moment by moment.

Marge Piercy

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Marge Piercy
Age: 88
Born: 1936
Born: March 31
Activist
Climate Activist
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Science Fiction Writer
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Detroit
Michigan
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Work is its own cure. You have to like it better than being loved.
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