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Apr 02, 20 christian wiman is the author of several books, including the memoirs my bright abyss. Jun 01, 2014 caitlin mackenzie, htmlgiant in my bright abyss. He graduated from washington and lee university and has taught at northwestern university, stanford university, lynchburg college in virginia, and the prague school of economics. I read a number of other books during the same time, but my bright abyss was never far from my mind.
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