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The Advice We'd Give to Our 25-Year-Old Selves

We asked 17 accomplished women and men to write letters to their younger selves.
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Nikky Finney
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Dear Nikky,

Watch your life as if it were a film. Absorb everything. What you see, hear, and feel will stamp every alphabet of your work.
—Nikky Finney, 54, 2011 National Book Award winner for poetry

Published on April 10, 2012
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