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- noun United States writer of darkly humorous novels (born in 1942)
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absolutely; if a person is a great writer, the extent of his or her experience is typically not hindering... john irving writes passionately about this also.
Writing About Motherhood: A Childless Scribe Speaks Out Erika D. 2008
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