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Read This! Excerpt of The Savage Kind – John Copenhaver’s New Thriller
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May We Present… Casey Plett’s A Dream of a Woman
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Announcing the Expansion of LGBTQ Writers in Schools
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Vita & Virginia: “A Longing Far Beyond The Sexual”
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Two Black Queer Men Talking: Gar McVey-Russell Chats With Casey Hamilton About His Debut Novel MENAFTER10
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