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I've been told my old city possesses a 'thriving arts scene,' whatever that is personally, I think artists should lie low and stick to their work, not line-dance through the parks.

Walter Kirn

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Walter Kirn
Age: 62
Born: 1962
Born: August 3
Novelist
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Akron
Ohio
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