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I will say the most raw joy I've experienced reading has probably come from the times I've been reading with my little boys.

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Patrick Rothfuss
Age: 51
Born: 1973
Born: June 6
Novelist
Teacher
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Madison
Wisconsin
Patrick James Rothfuss
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Littles
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