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1.980-2000 My work seems to have struck a chord with a number ofreaders who have left home and maybe who have rejected it, and I think it startles them because they thought they were rid of it. I left that kind ofworld, too, but never could quite get rid of it, and it haunted me. BoBBIE ANN MAsoN, INTERVIEW IN CRAZYHORSE, 1985 I had a hard time breaking free of the hills. A real hard time, actually. I was very curious about the outside world, but it just didn't do me much good out there.... I always thought I was looking for something, something intangible. I didn't really know what I was looking for, but I felt that I was. My brother, one time, told me that he didn't think I was looking for anything. He thought I was running away. CHRIS 0FFUTI, INTERVIEW IN CONVERSATIONS WITH KENTUCKY WRITERS This page intentionally left blank ...

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