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About Lea Bickel

Lea is a creative writing student from Germany, currently residing in the Pacific Northwest. She has been reading and writing prose ever since she was little and imagines to spread the word about feminist and political discourses.

Divided Loyalties by Nilofar Shidmehr, reviewed by Lea Bickel

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Divided Loyalties by Nilofar Shidmehr

Divided Loyalties by Nilofar Shidmehr / House of Anansi / 978-1487006020 / 2019 / 320 pages With Divided Loyalties, Nilofar Shidmehr takes on the demanding challenge of uniting historical … [Read more...]

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Established in 2000 and edited by Denise Enck, Empty Mirror is an online literary magazine that publishes new work each Friday.

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