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When You Learn the Alphabet /

"Kendra Allen's first collection of essays When You Learn the Alphabet--at its core--is a bunch of mad stories about things she never learned to let go of. Unifying personal narrative and cultural commentary, this collection grapples with the lessons that have been stored between father an...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Autor principal: Allen, Kendra, 1994- (Autor)
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Iowa City : University of Iowa Press, [2019]
Colección:Book collections on Project MUSE.
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Acceso en línea:Texto completo

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