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Alison MacLeod
— 27th October 2007 — Issue 139 
I have to admit, I was secretly pleased when I was dubbed a “literary babe.” It all goes back to pretty-boy Alex at school, who informed me that “all women writers are ugly”
Subject: Books & literature, People & populationsAlison MacLeod
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