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I like embracing kind of normal forms but am always trying to approach them as if no one's ever done that before. As if I'm literally the first person to ever write a book.
Miranda July
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Miranda July
Age: 50
Born: 1974
Born: February 15
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I can guarantee you nothing I do is a conscious attempt to inject something in.
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I wish there were a class where we could just keep going around the circle. around and around, until we had finally said everything about ourselves.
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When I was very little, I probably wanted to be more normal. I probably wanted the Laura Ashley bedroom, and instead I got thrift-store everything.
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I think titles are tricky because they're like a really short ad for the book. And like an ad, they should open the door in a way that might be more accessible than the book itself. So I always like titles to be familiar. I'm not trying to break ground with the title itself. The title should feel like something already celebrated.
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