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I write in blood because I remember what it felt like to bleed.

Sherman Alexie

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Sherman Alexie
Age: 58
Born: 1966
Born: October 7
Film Director
Film Producer
Novelist
Poet
Screenwriter
Writer
Wellpinit
Washington
Sherman Joseph Alexie
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Remember
Writing
Like
Bleed
Blood
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Felt

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