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"I thought, frankly, that it would be more pleasant to write a memoir than it was."
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"The trajectory started when I was on the roof of our house looking out at a swamp when I was 19. I had written for several years, starting at about 15, but that day on the roof I took my vows and acknowledged my calling."

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