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Dec 08, 20 i cant recommend exile and pride highly enough for those studying the environment, queer, or disability studies, and if youre not studying those things, its fine, because the book is not solely about those things either. Disability, queerness, and liberation south end press, 1999 and has been widely published. Clares focus is on identity and the everconflicting politics that surround ourselves. Summary of exile and pride stone in my pockets, stones in my heart by eli clare many times throughout this essay i read glimpses of beautiful poetry.
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