Some music has words, and rock had words that at times aspired to poetry, but the words were always sounds first, spoken to the body before the mind.
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The art is not one of forgetting but letting go. And when everything else is gone, you can be rich in loss.
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| Birth: | 11th June, 1961 |
| Nationality: | American |
| Profession: | Author, Writer |
About
Solnit grew up in Novato, California. She skipped high school altogether, enrolling in an alternative junior high in the public school system that took her through tenth grade, when she passed the GED. Thereafter she enrolled in junior college. When she was 17 she went to study in Paris, France. She ultimately returned to California and finished her college education at San Francisco State University when she was 20 years old.
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