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The desire for love is universal but that has never meant it’s worthy of respect. It’s not admirable to want love, it just is.

Rachel Kushner

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Rachel Kushner
Age: 56
Born: 1968
Born: January 1
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Leave, with no answer. Move on to the next question.
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I like to think each writer is doing his or her part. Feeding the lake, as Jean Rhys said. And maybe there are different lakes.
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I am interested in risk, in art as well as in the realm of politics.
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