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America has always been a nation of small places, and as we lose them, we're losing part of ourselves.

Richard Russo

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Richard Russo
Age: 75
Born: 1949
Born: July 15
Novelist
Screenwriter
Writer
Johnstown
New York
Loses
Small
Nations
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America
Places
Always
Losing
Nation
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