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Essays Videos Reading #58 Jones Darwyn

Video: Darwyn Jones utters an ill-timed cry for help

  • William Shunn

William Shunn

12 Jul 2013
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At our June 4th edition of Tuesday Funk, Darwyn Jones shared his personal essay "Scairdy Cat," and it sounded just a little like this:

And if you enjoyed that, please join us at 7:30 pm on Tuesday, August 6th, 2013, upstairs at Hopleaf, for an evening with Bradley P. Beaulieu, Jac Jemc, Steven H Silver, Maggie Jenkins, and Dmitry Samarov.

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