Explorer

Poetry
By: | June 8, 2017

This poem is a whiteout erasure of the newspaper article “EXPLORER VERNER HOME WITH AFRICAN CURIOS; Brings Mr. Otabenga, a Dwarf, to Act as His Valet” published by the… More

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DeSantis-backed education purge begins after right-wing school board takeovers in Florida.

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