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Stephen Dodson
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Large holdings in languages, Russian, classics, travel, history, reference, poetry, literature, Africa, science fiction, Vietnam, music, &c. These days added books tend to be Russian, since I'm reading mainly Russian literature.
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Retired editor living in the Pioneer Valley (Massachusetts).
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Hadley, MA
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