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I talked to members of my family, and did some personal research that didn't really have anything to do with the time and place I was writing about, but that gave me a feeling of the experience of being black in a time and place where it was very difficult to be black.
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"I talked to members of my family, and did some personal research that didn't really have anything to do with the time and place I was writing about, but that gave me a feeling of the experience of being black in a time and place where it was very difficult to be black."
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I talked to members of my family, and did some personal research that didn't really have anything to do with the time and place I was writing about, but that gave me a feeling of the experience of being black in a time and place where it was very difficult to be black. — Octavia E. Butler

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Octavia E. Butler was a Writer from United States (1947–2006).

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This quote is attributed to Octavia E. Butler, a Writer from United States.
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Octavia E. Butler lived from 1947 – 2006.
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