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Calling one thing 'literature' and another 'fiction' is a way to create status where there is none.

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Tucker Max
Age: 49
Born: 1975
Born: September 27
Author
Film Producer
Screenwriter
Atlanta
Georgia
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Literature
Another
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Fiction

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