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“Writing about women's sexuality is very scary for me because I'm always afraid I'll get it wrong.” quote by Dan Chaon — Download Open image

“Writing about women's sexuality is very scary for me because I'm always afraid I'll get it wrong.”

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I was worried that, as a college teacher, if I wrote too much about intergenerational sex my students would be creeped out.

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Marriage is scary to me, man.

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