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All writers know in advance that they are not going be able to reproduce in its wonderful fullness the thing that's in their heads we're going to get some corner of it. We're going to do the best we can, but we already know it's beyond us.

Mary Jo Salter

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Mary Jo Salter
Age: 70
Born: 1954
Born: August 15
Poet
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Grand Rapids
Michigan
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