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"Unputdownable." —Miranda July
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Enter for a chance to win one of ten signed copies of People I've Met from the Internet, my first book, an experimental memoir and queer re-imagining of the coming-of-age story set at the dawn of the internet era, taking the form of an annotated list. Zyzzyva Magazine Read more of this blog post »

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