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2018
Volume 52, Issue 3
  • ISSN: 0098-6291
  • E-ISSN: 1943-2356

Abstract

Answering recent calls for more scholarship on LGBTQIA+ experiences in the writing center, this article reflects upon the joys and emotional labor involved in queering our center’s programming by offering an LGBTQIA+ literature writing group.

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