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I feel like my head is finally the right size. I feel like it finally fits around my mind.

Walter Kirn

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Walter Kirn
Age: 62
Born: 1962
Born: August 3
Novelist
Writer
Akron
Ohio
Around
Right
Feel
Feels
Fits
Mind
Fit
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Finally
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Head

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