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I can relate to Marguerite Duras even though I'm not French, nor have I been consumed by love for an East Asian man. I can life inside Alice Munro's skin. But I can't relate to my own mother. My body is full of sentences and moments, my heart resplendent with lovely turns of phrases, but neither is able to be touched by another.
I can relate to Marguerite Duras even though I'm not French, nor have I been consumed by love for an East Asian man. I can life inside Alice Munro's skin. But I can't relate to my own mother. My body is full of sentences and moments, my heart resplendent with lovely turns of phrases, but neither is able to be touched by another.
Approximate author period: c. 1959 AD · modern
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- Rabih Alameddine
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- Approximate author period: c. 1959 AD · modern
Approximate author-period evidence for Rabih Alameddine: documented birth year 1959; activity date not established. Wikidata Q2125041, inspected 2026-10-08. Not a quotation composition date or independent verification of attribution. Source: https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q2125041 (accessed 2026-10-08).
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