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“Below is the email we were all sent Friday evening. The school board has failed to explain why the show was cancelled. The show was approved in March of 2023, and was just cancelled

Students and Families, I wanted to reach out and make you aware that Timber Creek High School will no longer be performing The Laramie Project this spring. We understand that it is unusual for a production change like this to take place. Students will still have an opportunity to read, discuss, and analyze the play during the school day. Our Theatre directors are already working on developing an alternative production opportunity for our students. Details about this new production will be shared in the coming weeks, and we are excited that our students will have the opportunity to put their theatrical talent on full display to our community. Thank you

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samuelturn · 9 months

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Aight so now that I have finished Brothersong I have THOUGHTS on further logistical breakdowns of how Green Creek could be adapted to a GLAAD Award-Winning HBO TV show. Spoilers so here is a cut for anyone who wants to be fresh to the series.

PRE-PRODUCTION

OKAY SO! The filming block for Season 1/Wolfsong would MOST LIKELY be the biggest, especially for scenes involving younger versions of the actors. As these are spread out across, like, all four books, some are just “scene we’ve seen but from a different perspective or with ‘Dream Seauence VFX’ so we just need more blocking/extra takes to make it all seem believeable using B-roll” to “yeah this requires Young Thomas and various child actors so we’re filming this beforehand so that everyone looks the same when these scenes come up later” to “ah hell we gotta shave their heads anyways might as well film the revenge road trip.” Thus, basically everyone but, like, Dominique would have to be cast by Season 1, and probably all of Season 1 and half of season 2 would need to be written and finalized and drafts/outlines of Season 3 and 4 would need to be made before casting would begin. Writer’s room would include TJ and a racially-diverse LGBT staff.

Caswell wouldn’t need to be fully built but enough of a location would be needed to film individual scenes with the younger actors and scenes set in the big house at Caswell (ie arguments between Mark and Thomas, Joe being taken, Thomas in the woods with the kids, Thomas writing the letters)

Title sequence would be based on the lovely new covers for the hardcover editions from Tor. They’d get longer with each season and by the end we see the whole pack in the papercraft style of the covers.

CASTING

Yeah we’d need a big ass cast. With multiple actors to play different characters at different ages.

Babies:

Carter, Kelly, Joe, maybe also Gavin depending on things

Children:

Gordo, Gavin, Mark, Rico, Chris, Tanner, Carter, Kelly, Joe, Robbie

Young Adult (ie Teen to Mid 20s) and Adult (ie by the Rough Present of when Ox first discoveres the secret of the Bennetts)

Basically everyone else

The tricky part will be that, yeah, there will probably need to be different actors for 20s Thomas, Elizabeth, Mark, and Gordo because while a 20-something can play 16 or so, its harder for 30-40 year olds to play 20-something. The upside being that an older actor CAN play Gordo for the scenes after Ox’s dad leaves (also Ox’s dad will need a name lol). You would need to switch to older actors for the Bennett kids and Ox basically once Ox graduates high school. But then you can keep all the same actors for the rest of the “present” set scenes. Osmond, and Robert Livingstone would also need younger actors. Richard Collins would only need one actor he’s barely in the flashbacks as it is.

STRUCTURE/PLOT RAMBLINGS

There are a few things that would need to be done in order to improve the pacing for TV, imo. Mainly, that the handing off of Alpha of All to the Fairbanks pack needs to feel more earned and less semi-random. Like, show them taking in Omegas at the end of Season 2, have them be allies at Caswell in Season 3 and the final battle in Season 4. Flesh them out a bit more. Also some continuity smoothing would be needed (ie clarifying that Gordo refused Mark’s MATE bite not Thomas’s BECOME WOLF bite).

Some more forshadowing of Robert’s failsafe in Season 2 would help. Obviously SHOW Gavin’s timber wolf in the attack on Jessie (and ideally have the actor be the body actor wearing the CGI ball suit moving all wolf-like in the scene) in Season 1.

I’d personally add in more of a wrap-up in Caswell at the end of Season 4. And also an extended aftermath scene or episode after Ox’s resurrection. Joe’s wolf is still bigger than almost everyone else, but not as big as it was when he was Alpha. One thing that I’d ask to be added is, maybe with the death of Robert and the ressurrection of Ox there’s a big ass magic pulse and we get a follow-up with the new Alpha of All from Alaska training Betas who have become Alphas thanks to Mystical Moon Magic as they rebuild packs across the continent. Idk the story needs more of a denumont. Alpha of All making more of an effort to try and bring Omegas back from the brink before just automatically deciding to kill them.

Dominique could have human bite marks on her to show thar Jessie tried to “Mate Bite” too even as a human. Bambi and Rico too.

He/They Gavin? Maybe? Gavin feels very he/they. Also Elizabeth showing affection to Maggie (hey if we’re gonna imply that Thomas and Richard had a kind of romantic love for each other in Brothersong before he went Omega Lizzie can make side-eye at Maggie).

Show more of the three year gap between Ravensong and Heartsong (not a lot but more than just one bit when Robbie is kidnapped). And the new story in the deluxe hardcover books too. The myth or whatever. That can be animated in a sketchy style (think Princess Kaguya or Wolfwalkers) with VO from Elizabeth.

Anyway rambling over I love these books so much. TJ I woudn’t say no to a LIGHT DRAMA/mostly fluff 5th book or short story. Maybe from Chris or Tanner’s perspective? Or Jessie’s?

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naturecoaster · 2 months

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Youth Leadership Pasco Program Graduates Class of 2024

The Youth Leadership Pasco Class of 2024 celebrated their graduation at breakfast on March 15, 2024, at Timber Greens Country Club. More than 100 sponsors, school officials, parents and Leadership Pasco Board members were there to cheer on the graduating students. Youth Leadership Pasco Program Graduates Class of 2024 Youth Leadership Pasco is a leadership development program that informs, motivates, and increases the awareness of selected high school aged students (Sophomores and Juniors) through issue-oriented seminars and interaction with community leaders. Sessions include Orientation and Team Building, Law Enforcement, Health Care/Community Services, Government/Economic Development and Education. Leadership Pasco is able to keep the student fee at $35 due to generous support from our sponsors: the Law Office of Tara O’Connor, United Way of Pasco County, Pasco Hernando State College, Fred K. Marchman Technical College, Morton Plant North Bay Hospital, Olympus Limo, Pasco County Sheriff’s Office, Pasco Education Foundation and the Rotary Clubs of Dade City Noon, Holiday, New Port Richey, Seven Springs, Trinity, and West Pasco Sunset. Applications for the Class of 2025 will open for Sophomores and Juniors at the beginning of the school year. According to program co-chair, Barbara DeSimone, Leadership Pasco director emerita, "Each year, we eagerly anticipate the opportunity to welcome bright and ambitious young individuals into the Youth Leadership Pasco Program. It's truly inspiring to witness their growth, enthusiasm, and commitment to becoming the leaders of tomorrow. As organizers, we are thrilled to embark on another year of empowering these exceptional students and equipping them with the skills and insights needed toshape a brighter future for Pasco County." Youth Leadership Pasco Class of 2024 Graduates - Colt Blancher, Angeline Academy of Innovation - Katarina M. Boglino, Gulf High School - Isabella C. Bowling, River Ridge High School - Thomas Celotto, Jr. Hudson High School - Noah J. Downey, Sunlake High School - Vincent J. Farides, River Ridge High School - Dominic Fusco, Wesley Chapel High School - William C. Gantt, J.W. Mitchell High School - Jake Giber, Genesis Preparatory High School - Nadama N. Gilkerson, Pasco High School - Sophia M. Giri, Wiregrass Ranch High School - Nathan M. Grimes, J.W. Mitchell High School - Luiza Guryeva, Wesley Chapel High School - Allan Guzman, Kirkland Ranch Academy of Innovation - Elissa A. Hill, JW Mitchell High School - Liam C. Hornung, J.W Mitchell High School - Melodi Kazazi, Sunlake High School - Calina M. Levy, Wiregrass Ranch High School - Alina Manadyel, Dayspring Early College Academy - Ethan A. Mendez, Cypress Creek high School - Alyssa B. Mintrone, Land O' Lakes High School - Montana T. Montayre, Wendell Krinn Technical High School - Morgan T. Montayre, Wendell Krinn Technical High School - Alfonso E. Nava, Dayspring Early College Academy - Victoria Ogundeyin, Cypress Creek High School - Xiomig N. Ozorio Matias, Kirkland Ranch Academy of Innovation - Trinity Perry, Wesley Chapel High School - Justyce P. Rice, Anclote High School - Ethan Rubin, Hudson High School - Lilliana E. St Aubin, Hudson High School - Paul L. Steele, Land O Lakes High School - Hailey J. Suggs, Anclote High School - Gianna Walsh, Fivay High School Class Quotes The Youth Leadership Pasco program is truly one of a kind. Throughout the program I have made lifelong friendships, restored old ones, and got a much deeper grasp of what happens in Pasco County. My favorite part of the program was the sheriff's department. We got to see just how big the department truly is and the amazing technology they are incorporating into their line of work. I used to only want to leave Pasco County but throughout this program I have found a new love for it and all of the amazingopportunities it has to o ffer. I can truly see myself living here forever. - Noah J. Downey,Sunlake High School "As I reflect on my time in the Pasco Youth Leadership, a moment that stands out for me was when the program had economic day. That day I and many others in my group learned about how our leaders here in Pasco County work tirelessly to grow and provide new opportunities to all those who live in its community. It was that day that I realized it does not take someone who is in a high position to be a leader but someone who genuinely cares for their community and the people who reside in it. The program allowed its members to meet many leaders form doctors to business leaders and even our very own superintendent of schools Kurt Browning. In the end I am profoundly grateful for the privilege of being part of this amazing program, the Pasco Youth Leadership program. It has been an amazing experience that has given all who have joined new experiences, skills, and memories that can be taken further on the journey we call life." - Ethan A. Mendez, Cypress Creek high School About Youth Leadership Pasco Youth Leadership Pasco was founded in 1999 by the Leadership Pasco Class of 1998 and graduated its first class of youth in 2000. Youth Leadership Pasco is organized by Leadership Pasco in collaboration with local educational institutions, businesses, and community organizations, aims to empower high school students with essential leadership skills, civic awareness, and a commitment to community service. Through interactive sessions, workshops, and hands-on experiences, participants develop the tools they need to become effective leaders and contribute positively to the future of Pasco County. Website: https://leadershippasco.com/Youth_Leadership_Pasco_Program About Leadership Pasco Leadership Pasco, established 1988, is a highly respected leadership developmentprogram designed to connect, educate, and engage emerging and existing leaders inPasco County. The program focuses on fostering a deeper understanding of thecommunity, promoting collaboration, and inspiring participants to take an active role inshaping the future of the county.Website: https://leadershippasco.com Read the full article

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South Jersey Times boys basketball notebook: Stowell steady at point for Timber Creek

The following is a closer look at each of the brackets in South Jersey. The N.J. High School Sports newsletter is now appearing in mailboxes 5 days a …

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rabbitcruiser · 4 months

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Old Town Clovis, CA (No. 4)

At the same time that the railroad was being planned, a group of Michigan lumbermen began acquiring thousands of acres of timber in the Sierra Nevada about 75 miles (121 km) northeast of Fresno and founded the Fresno Flume and Irrigation Company in 1891. A dam was built across Stevenson Creek to create a lake that would enable them to move freshly cut timber to a mill beside the lake. They then constructed a 42-mile (68 km), 25-foot-high (7.6 m), V-shaped flume that started at the foot of the dam. As lumber was rough-cut at the mill, it was loaded into the flume and propelled by water to a planing mill east of the Clovis railroad station, where the Clovis Rodeo and Clark Intermediate School sit today. The lumber mill and yard had its own network of rails to move lumber around the yard and to connect with the SJVRR just south of Clovis station.

The completion in 1894 of the lumber flume and commencement of mill operations provided the impetus for further development of the area around the Clovis Station. The town began to take shape as lumber yard employees built homes close to their employment. Service businesses, churches, and schools became necessary, and the town was begun. Clovis's first post office opened in 1895.[10] An 1896 newspaper article describes the town as having a population approaching 500 citizens.

Clovis was incorporated as a city on February 27, 1912. Principal streets in the town center were named for the railroad's officers. Fulton Street was later named Front Street, then Main Street, and is now Clovis Avenue.

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Release Day Blitz Babe in the Woods by Jude Hopkins

Babe in the Woods

Jude Hopkins

Genre: Women’s Fiction

Publisher: The Wild Rose Press Inc.

Date of Publication: June 7, 2023

ISBN 978-1-5092-4843-8

ISBN 978-1-5092-4844-5

Number of pages: 294

Word Count: 72,321

Cover Artist: Tina Lynn Stout

Tagline: Timber! She’s Falling in Love

Book Description:

It’s September 1995, the first year of the rest of Hadley Todd's life. After living in Los Angeles, Hadley returns to her hometown in rural New York to write and be near her father.

In addition to looking after him and teaching high school malcontents, Hadley hopes to channel her recent L.A. heartbreak into a play about the last moment of a woman’s innocence. But she seeks inspiration.

Enter Trey Harding, a young, handsome reporter who covers sports at the high school. Trey reminds Hadley of her L.A. ex and is the perfect spark to fire up her imagination. The fact that Trey is an aspiring rock star and she has L.A. record biz connections makes the alliance perfect. She dangles promises of music biz glory while watching his moves.

But the surprising twist that transpires when the two of them go to Hollywood is not something Hadley prepared for.

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About the Author:

Jude Hopkins has published essays in The Los Angeles Times, Medium, the belladonna—and poetry in various journals including Gyroscope Review, Timber Creek Review and California Quarterly. Her first novel, Babe in the Woods, will be published June 7, 2023. She has also taught English and news writing at various universities, including the University of Pittsburgh at Bradford, Arizona State University and St. Bonaventure University in Olean, N.Y. She also worked at Capitol Records in Hollywood for a few halcyon and unforgettable years.

Website: https://www.judehopkinswriting.net/

Blog: https://www.judehopkinswriting.net/my-blog

Twitter: https://twitter.com/HeyJudeNotJudy

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Texas High School Football Scores, Sept. 8-10 – NBC 5 Dallas-Fort Worth

2022-09-22 16:01:46 Below are the Texas high school football scores for games played Thursday through Saturday, Sept. 22-24, 2022. TEXAS HIGH SCHOOL FOOTBALL: 2022 THURSDAY HIGH SCHOOL FOOTBALL SCORES CLASS 6AAlief Taylor 37, Alvin 20Buda Hays 34, Boerne-Champion 29Byron Nelson 69, Keller Timber Creek 2Irving MacArthur 55, Richardson 21Katy 59, Katy Mayde Creek 3Katy Morton Ranch 77, Katy Cinco…

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The Addams Family Musical by Timber Creek Drama at Timber Creek High School in Sicklerville, NJ

By Ricky and Dana Young-Howze Timber Creek Drama’s performance of The Addams Family, a musical comedy with book by Marshall Brickman and Rick Elice and music and lyrics by Andrew Lippa, was a chilling good time. This production directed by Carolyn Hand brings the timeless characters from the mind of Charles Addams back from the crypt and onto the stage. Gomez Addams’ (played by Geoffrey Collins) little daughter is all grown up and wants to get married. Wednesday (played by Katie Fox ) has asked that he keep her engagement to her normal fiancé, Lucas (played by Jeffrey Redwanowaki), a secret from Morticia (played by Courtney LeMasney). Add Lucas’s plain Jane parents (played by Lucy Fleiscann and Eric Rothenhofer) into the mix of the Addams household and you have a familial whirlwind threatening to blow everyone over. Pugsley (played by Elise Farrar) schemes to break up his sister and her new beau. If she marries him she may never torture Pugsley again. So he brews up a scheme with one of Grandmama’s special potions. Grandmama (played by Bianca Gray) has a mouth that goes a thousand times faster than she walks. She may be old but her snark always hits home. Then we have the narration of Uncle Fester (Taylor Nelson) who serves as our liaison between ancestors, family, and audience and actors. He spouts one liners just as much as he tells us his love for the moon. And let's not forget Lurch (played by Donovan Jones), the family butler. He's a being on a pit stop on his slow shuffle off this mortal coil. A giant with an even bigger heart. But what would a musical about the Addams Family be without Gomez and Morticia? If you said “dark and dismal” you would be right! The show isn't complete without them. Carolyn Hand’s direction was character focused and spot on. The characters were clear in their motivations and in their actions. As I always say you can tell where a director invests their time and I could really tell that she spent quality time with this cast to make these characters work. And when the characters work we’ll go wherever the lead us. Choreography by Niki Williams was simple yet great with nothing too over the top or complicated. However with a couple of great group numbers like “Around the Corner”, “When you're an Addams” and “Tango Amor” there was some tight group and partner work that really shone. The set which was built under the supervision of stage crew advisor Jack Campbell was beautiful and detailed. Each set was elaborate without overpowering the stage. I did notice that the set changes took a bit longer but the payoff was worth it. I bet a lot of the delays were opening night gremlins and that they will work much more smoothly in tonight's performance. John Perkis’s vocal direction was the key to making a great play amazing. The cast was loud, clear, and energetic and it really paid off. You'd be surprised how much being able to hear the cast clearly makes the play even better and these guys started at “amazing”. Since they used an accompaniment track over a live band they could really make sure that their singing “went to eleven” and wasn't overpowered. Costume designer Julia Incarvite’s work really shined in terms of the ancestors. Each ancestor had a unique ghostly personality that immediately shown through their clothes. That's where all the little touches came alive and made the play for me. All of the cast was great but Collins’ portrayal of Gomez and Fox’s Wednesday really stood out to me. Fox’s Wednesday is the perfect balance of the dark and gothic Wednesday we all grew up with and the bubbly love sick young woman she is in this show. The actors handled a few tiny stage mishaps like Broadway pros. A prime example of this is Collins still in full Gomez mode commenting about an exposed beam (in theatre it's called a fly rail) that was late on its cue to raise a swing for him to sit on. He even thanked the ancestors as it was being fixed. So even the stage became a fun character with their little adlibs. Two supporting shoutouts were Jones as Lurch and Nelson as Fester. Simply put these two characters are the glue that hold the play together. Fester is our handhold through the entire show and the one who helps guide the story from scene to scene. What made Jones’s Lurch a standout was his voice. The boy can sing! No spoilers but there's a moment at the end of the play when Lurch finally sings and Jones blew the roof off the place. Two background standouts were Alexxis Tswago and Arriea Wilson as Gangster Guy and Gangster Gal respectively. Their energy was contagious! To have two people in the background having so much fun you can't help but notice them makes a play even more special. I want to give a special shoutout to the actors playing Lucas’s family. They sat near us in the back before their big entrance and pretended to be normal theater patrons. At first I thought they were annoying late guests. But when I figured it out I was pleasantly surprised. I wonder if they would have sat near us if they knew the two of us were reviewers. All in all it's a great show made even better by an energetic cast. They were so energetic it spilled out onto their social media and they had one of the best grassroots marketing campaigns I've ever seen. They shared pics and moments and made anyone paying attention really excited for the show. Shoutout to Katie Fox who hunted me down and asked me to come out. This whole cast had just that kind of moxie and that's what put the show over the top. The Addams Family is a creepy and a kooky, hilarious and spooky good time. You should check it out! Running Time: Two and a half hours with a 15 minute intermission. The Addams Family opened on April 6th at and plays through Sunday April 9th at the You can get tickets at the door.

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South Jersey high school football roundup for the second week of the playoffs - Courier-Post

Roundup from all the playoff action across South Jersey from Friday night: Central Jersey Group 3 Semifinals. Cedar Creek 32, Timber Creek 21: The …

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drumcorpspix · 7 years

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Timber Creek High School

WGI Dallas Regional Finals - March 4, 2017

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["I didn't know why hatchery salmon needed to be grown in Elk River. I knew dams on the Columbia and urban pollution in the Willamette had nearly destroyed the salmon runs in those rivers, but there were no dams and minimal pollution on Elk River. The propaganda that passed as outdoor education didn't speak of the effects of clearcutting on salmon habitat. No one explained that as spawning beds silt up with logging debris and disappear, fewer and fewer wild salmon can spawn. I never heard that if the trees shading a creek are cut, the direct sunlight warms the water. And if the water temperature rises enough in a watershed, salmon, which require relatively cold water to survive, are put at risk. Nor did the propaganda speak of over-fishing. The commercial salmon fishermen who made their livelihoods fishing the summer salmon runs off the coast of California, Oregon, Washington, British Columbia and Alaska hadn't yet heard of sustainable yield. The salmon runs seemed endless.

The powers-that-be didn't teach us that hatchery salmon differ from wild salmon, that they are genetically more homogenous, more susceptible to disease, and less hardy once at sea. To raise salmon year after year in a hatchery, biologists use formaldehyde and other chemicals each summer to combat recurring diseases that kill thousands of hatchery fingerlings. The continuous pumping of water from the river washes these chemicals into the ecosystem. And each winter when the hatchery salmon don't return to the hatchery in large enough numbers, biologists go to natural spawning beds and net wild salmon, taking them to the hatchery to augment their supply of spawn. Soon wild salmon might not exist. The propaganda neglected these details.

My classmates and I were taught by teachers who worked for schools funded largely with timber taxes; by US Forestry Service rangers and their brochures; and by industry-supported textbooks, slide shows, and tours. The point isn't simply that we, like schoolchildren across the country, were taught half-truths about trees and salmon. Rather we learned even more fundamental lessons, that trees and salmon are endlessly renewable commodities. This view of the natural world, which puts clearcutting, replanting, and hatcheries at its center, conveniently supported the two industries, logging and fishing, that sustained the towns we lived in.

Not until I left Port Orford did I come into contact with other worldviews. Living in a city for the first time, I met people who knew salmon only as frozen patties, who used paper but had never been to a paper mill. For them trees were the tall, skinny maples, oaks, and beeches that grew along sidewalks. They navigated the seemingly impossible parking structures and bus stops with ease and comfort. Some of them believed that trees and salmon were more than just commodities.

They created a fuzzy, romanticized version of nature, combining memories of Walt Disney nature movies with their occasional summer vacations to overcrowded national parks. Or they believed in a white urban version of tree spirits and Mother Earth. Either way, my new acquaintances held trees and fish in an awestruck reverence as they talked about the dangers of nuclear power and the destruction of rainforests in Brazil, about clearcutting as rape. I simply listened. Surrounded by concrete and high-rises, I slowly stopped taking the familiar plants and animals of the Siskiyou National Forest for granted. When I returned home to visit, I caught glimpses of what was beautiful and extraordinary about the place I grew up in, and what was ugly and heartbreaking. I started to believe that trees and salmon weren't just harvestable crops. I read Sierra Club literature, the Earth First! Journal, Dave Foreman's ecotage manual, learned about Love Canal, Three Mile Island, the Nevada Test Site, Big Mountain; and started to turn from a right-wing, Libertarian-influenced childhood toward a progressive adulthood. I never grew into the white urban reverence of tree spirits and Mother Earth, a reverence often stolen from Native spiritual traditions and changed from a demanding, reciprocal relationship with the world into something naïve and shallow that still places human life and form at the center. Nor did I ever grow comfortable with the metaphor of clearcutting as rape, the specificity of both acts too vivid for me to ever compare or conflate them. But I did come to believe that trees and fish are their own beings, important in and of themselves, and that I— as activist, consumer, and human being among the many beings on this planet— have a deeply complex relationship with them."]

Eli Clare, Exile and Pride: Disability, Queerness, and Liberation

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