31 Days of Stories 2021, Day 27: “The Book About the Bear” by John O’Neill
In Atwoodian terms, O’Neill’s story represents a conflation of doomed animals and survival.
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In Atwoodian terms, O’Neill’s story represents a conflation of doomed animals and survival.
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