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The idea that motherhood is inherently somehow a threat to creativity is just absurd.

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Zadie Smith
Age: 49
Born: 1975
Born: October 27
Essayist
Novelist
Writer
London
England
Zadie Adeline Smith
Inherently
Motherhood
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Creativity
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