Growing up, Catholic church really was such an incubator for my imagination, because all of those mysteries felt … - Karen Russell

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Karen Russell

Growing up, Catholic church really was such an incubator for my imagination, because all of those mysteries felt embedded in this insanely green, tropical landscape: the ocean nearby, the giant banyan trees. It all felt part of one seamless mystery to me.

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