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I guess my writing has changed as my life has.

Raymond Carver

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Raymond Carver
Age: 50 †
Born: 1938
Born: May 25
Died: 1988
Died: August 2
Author
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Poet
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Clatskanie
Oregon
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Changed
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Life

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