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Venture too far for love, she tells herself, and you renounce citizenship in the country you've made for yourself.

Michael Cunningham

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Michael Cunningham
Age: 72
Born: 1952
Born: November 6
Novelist
Poet
Screenwriter
University Teacher
Writer
Cincinnati
Ohio
Citizenship
Venture
Tells
Country
Made
Love
Renounce

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