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We need myths to get by. We need story otherwise the tremendous randomness of experience overwhelms us. Story is what penetrates.

Robert Coover

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Robert Coover
Age: 92
Born: 1932
Born: February 4
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Charles City
Iowa
Robert Lowell Coover
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