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If You Want to Ruin Bookstores for Yourself, Become a Writer

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Michelle Tea on Undertaking the Wild Art Project of Motherhood

Michelle Tea on Undertaking the Wild Art Project of Motherhood

“It seemed like having a kid was the only adventure I hadn’t undertaken.”

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