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"It really wasn't until I was in college when I began to write more and more, and I realized I was scheduling my entire life around my writing."

Rita Dove, American Poet

Life, College, Writing

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"It really wasn't until I was in college when I began to write more and more, and I realized I was scheduling my entire life around my writing."

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