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There are some fine books and essays about that. Lewis Hyde has written about alcoholism and poets and the role that soc

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"There are some fine books and essays about that. Lewis Hyde has written about alcoholism and poets and the role that society gives its writers - encouraging them to die"

- Sharon Olds

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This quote is written / told by Sharon Olds somewhere between November 19, 1942 and today. He/she was a famous Poet from USA. The author also have 22 other quotes.

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