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  "id": 9743459,
  "title": "Elizabeth Alexander on Finding Life in the Second Spring of Middle Age",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/09/25/elizabeth-alexander-on-finding-life-in-the-second-spring-of-middle-age",
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  "section": "Culture",
  "published": "2026-09-25T09:07:26.000Z",
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  "summary": "If I could have been a dancer, a real dancer, beyond those years at St. Mark’s, I probably would have done it. But my gifts were not that lavish, and my considerable drive was directed toward more than just dance.",
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