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| Introduction |
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| SARAH JONES |
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| MICHELLE TEA |
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| LENELLE MOISE |
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| DAPHNE GOTTLIEB |
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death drive (a transfession) |
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| NATALIE E. ILLUM |
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On Mothers and mothertongue |
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What we learn in one night |
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| AYA DE LEÓN |
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Lyrical Self—defense and the Reluctant Female Rapper |
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| LEAH HARRIS |
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revenge of the crazy wimmin |
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| MELIZA BAÑALES |
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The Dirtiest Word You've Ever Heard |
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| KAREN GARRABRANT |
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| BETH LISICK |
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| GENEVIEVE VAN CLEVE |
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A Quick Thank-You Note to Anne Sexton and Sylvia Plath |
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Altar Call (I Want Jesus Back) |
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| CHERYL BURKE |
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| KATZ |
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| C.C. CARTER |
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| ALIX OLSON |
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That the Protagonist Is Always a Man |
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| SUHEIR HAMMAD |
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| RACHEL KANN |
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| NOMY LAMM |
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Book of Rules: A Girl's Guide to Doing What You're Told |
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There's always this feeling like something's missing |
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| ANDREA GIBSON |
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| THEA HILLMAN |
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Starfucking Closer to Home or What Happens |
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When You Reach for the Stars and They Reach Back Miscarriage |
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| ELLYN MAYBE |
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Ball and Chain Record Store |
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| TRACIE MORRIS |
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| CRISTIN O'KEEFE APTOWICZ |
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Lit (Or to the Scientist Whom I'm Not Speaking To Anymore) |
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| SINI ANDERSON |
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| EILEEN MYLES |
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In and Out of Spoken Word |
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| LYNNE PROCOPE |
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any closer to home and my heart will burst 2 |
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| MARTY McCONNELL |
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You Say You Want a Revolution |
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Joan of Arc to the $2,000-an-hour woman |
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| BITCH |
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| TURIYA AUTRY AND WALIDAH IMARISHA |
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| LYNN BREEDLOVE |
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| STACEYANN CHIN |
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| JULIA SERANO |
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| PATRICIA SMITH |
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Asking for a Heart Attack |
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