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RT @npbooks: Stacey May Fowles on How Poetry Saved My Life, by Amber Dawn http://t.co/oyonAXwYQU
1 days ago.

@vancouverlit Unfortunately not yet! Hopefully will be released soon, though.
2 days ago.

A thoughtful, engaged review of Amber Dawn's new book by Stacey May Fowles for the National Post: http://t.co/CO1UK9mHRh
2 days ago.



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