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    Too Tender for Keeping
    Too Tender for Keeping
    Too Tender for Keeping
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    Too Tender for Keeping

    By Jessi Jordan

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    Too Tender for Keeping weaves two timelines into a story about queer love, heartbreak, and shifting perspectives. A poetry collection in EPUB format.
    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherLulu.com
    Release dateMay 30, 2018
    ISBN9781387427086
    Too Tender for Keeping

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      Too Tender for Keeping - Jessi Jordan

      Too Tender for Keeping

      Too Tender for Keeping

      Jessi Jordan

      Copyright

      © 2018 by Jessi Jordan

      All rights reserved. This book or any portion thereof may not be reproduced or used in any manner whatsoever without the express written permission of the publisher except in a book review or scholarly journal where brief quotations are permitted with credit to the author.

      ISBN 978-1-387-42708-6

      Columbus Ohio

      www.jessijordanpoetry.com

      Dedication

      For Zwaluw, who reminds me to write happy poems.

      These may not be what you had in mind,

      but they would not exist without you.

      Acknowledgements

      To all of you who clap for my poems at readings.

      To every friend who listens.

      To Derek, who has a keen eye for editing.

      To Kieve, who creates alongside

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