Taxidermy 

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  • Published 20230207
  • ISBN: 978-1-922212-80-1
  • Extent: 264pp
  • Paperback (234 x 153mm), eBook

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THE PROCESS IS difficult. An effort to get underway. I watch my father on FaceTime: frozen, moving, frozen, blurry, then, finally, clear.  

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