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  <name><![CDATA[Maria Dahvana Headley]]></name>
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    <influences><![CDATA[Everything. I'm interested in the world, in its entirety, as well as in its specificity.  But if we're talking across the board and not just for The Year of Yes, but also for all the other projects on my desk, then influences, or really, favorites, include T.C. Boyle, Sam Shepard, Spalding Gray, Angela Carter, and every song by Tom Waits I've ever heard.  ]]></influences>  <gender>female</gender>    <born_at>06/21/1977</born_at>    
  
  
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  <title><![CDATA[The Year of Yes]]></title>
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