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I am interested in intense, unbreakable emotional connections and oftentimes, such connections can be found between siblings.

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Roxane Gay
Age: 50
Born: 1974
Born: October 15
Essayist
Journalist
Novelist
Scrabble Player
Writer
Omaha
Nebraska
Intense
Connections
Interested
Emotional
Found
Unbreakable
Siblings
Oftentimes
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