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I have kind of an almost religious feeling about poets. I usually refuse to meet them because I admire them so much. Except for Poe.

Tony Kushner

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Tony Kushner
Age: 68
Born: 1956
Born: July 16
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Anthony Robert Kushner
Anthony R. Kushner
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