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Poets & Writers

Lauren Hough

(Vintage, April), a debut collection of personal essays about survival, identity, and what it means to live freely; stories of growing up in a cult, joining the Air Force, living in a car, coming out, and reclaiming one’s past while carving out a future. Jamie Chambliss and Steve Troha. Tim O’Connell. “If you ask me where I’m from, I’ll lie to you. I’ll tell you my parents were missionaries. I’ll tell you I’m from Boston. I’ll tell you

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