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A writer has a use for his experiences that most civilians simply don't he or she discerns material in situations that others simply live through. Perhaps there are some who disapprove of this, but without this double consciousness, literature would not get made at all.

Walter Kirn

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