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Andie Mitchell, 40
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Piper Kerman, 55
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Sahara Rose, 34
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Victoria Aveyard, 35
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Esther Earl (1994-2010)
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Helene Johnson (1906-1995)
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WEB DuBois (1868-1963)
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Henry Adams (1838-1918)
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Jack Kerouac (1922-1969)
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Karen M. McManus, 56
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Mary Jane Holmes (1825-1907)
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Guinevere Turner, 57
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Brad Falchuk, 54
19
Jon Favreau, 44
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20
Henry David Thoreau (1817-1862)
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James MacGregor Burns (1918-2014)
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Susanna Kaysen, 76
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Jan Brett, 75
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EE Cummings (1894-1962)
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John Ciardi (1916-1986)
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Sarah Smith, 77
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Michael Mohan, 39
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Anne Caldwell (1867-1936)
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Robert Grant (1852-1940)
34
Annie Baker, 44
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Dennis Lehane, 60
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Anne McCaffrey (1926-2011)
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Lillie Marshall, 43
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John Clellon Holmes (1926-1988)
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Andrea Barrett, 70
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Amy Lowell (1874-1925)
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Richard Phillips, 70
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Max Brallier, 41
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Dorothy Davenport (1895-1977)
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Elizabeth Bishop (1911-1979)
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William Landay, 62
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Fred Finklehoffe (1910-1977)
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