"I didn’t realize that one tragedy can beget another, and another — bright-eyed disasters flooding out of a death hole like bats out of a cave."

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Source: FaceBook post by Karen Russell from Sep 01, 2014

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Karen Russell is an acclaimed American author known for her imaginative storytelling and exploration of identity in works like 'Swamplandia!'.

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