Learning the Hard Way: A Conversation with Kate Baer
Kate Baer discusses her new poetry collection, HOPE THIS FINDS YOU WELL.
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Join NOW!Kate Baer discusses her new poetry collection, HOPE THIS FINDS YOU WELL.
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...more“And as those masks fall away, we get down to the shame and envy underneath.”
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...moreI still wonder what became of all those gentle cows.
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