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“They're not parallel at all. They're my concerns, but how they're expressed particularly on the page is completely divorced from who I am in my street life.” quote by Chang-Rae Lee — Download Open image

“They're not parallel at all. They're my concerns, but how they're expressed particularly on the page is completely divorced from who I am in my street life.”

Chang-Rae Lee

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