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Excerpt from Every Night I Dream I'm a Monk, Every Night I Dream I'm a Monster, by Damian Tarnopolsky
Mar 11, 2025
Excerpt from Every Night I Dream I'm a Monk, Every Night I Dream I'm a Monster, by Damian Tarnopolsky
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Mar 11, 2025
Excerpt from Monster, by Jowita Bydlowska
Feb 12, 2025
Excerpt from Monster, by Jowita Bydlowska
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Feb 12, 2025
Excerpt from Nauetakuan, a silence for a noise by Natasha Kanapé Fontaine, translated by Howard Scott
Jun 11, 2024
Excerpt from Nauetakuan, a silence for a noise by Natasha Kanapé Fontaine, translated by Howard Scott
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Excerpt from Smoke by Nicola Winstanley
May 7, 2024
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Excerpt from Unthinkable by Brent van Staalduinen
Apr 8, 2024
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Apr 8, 2024
Excerpt: "Conversations with Arabs" by Eli Tareq El Bechelany-Lynch
Nov 30, 2021
Excerpt: "Conversations with Arabs" by Eli Tareq El Bechelany-Lynch
Nov 30, 2021
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Nov 30, 2021
Excerpt: "Personal Attention Roleplay" by Helen Chau Bradley
Nov 30, 2021
Excerpt: "Personal Attention Roleplay" by Helen Chau Bradley
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Nov 30, 2021
 

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I knew the little pit bull was still there. But she was tired now, and afraid we would forever be defending our innocence.
Mar 8, 2023
I knew the little pit bull was still there. But she was tired now, and afraid we would forever be defending our innocence.
Mar 8, 2023
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Mar 8, 2023
Excerpt: Sonja Boon's What the Oceans Remember: Searching for Belonging and Home
Nov 22, 2019
Excerpt: Sonja Boon's What the Oceans Remember: Searching for Belonging and Home
Nov 22, 2019
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Nov 22, 2019
 

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Excerpt from shima by Shō Yamagushiku
Mar 26, 2024
Excerpt from shima by Shō Yamagushiku
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