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I am a driven writer. I feel guilty if I don't write, not self-indulgent if I do.
Marge Piercy
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Marge Piercy
Age: 88
Born: 1936
Born: March 31
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Our wedding plans please everybody as if we were fertilizing the earth and creating social luck.
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Too much self-regard has never struck me as dignified: trying to twist over my shoulder to view my own behind.
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I don't find that writing about parts of my life had much effect except in some cases to improve my memory. To get into parts of the past I want to recall very vividly, I use a form of directed meditation.
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