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    If This is How You Love
    If This is How You Love
    If This is How You Love
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    If This is How You Love

    By Kayla Kennedy

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    Kayla Kennedy's debut poetry collection, If This is How You Love, is an intimate and deeply honest exploration of how we love one another. Told in five parts, it is the story of a young woman's heart as it learns to beat, break, and keep going. A journey through pain and solace, this book is a love letter to all the people who have ever

    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherKayla Kennedy
    Release dateJan 1, 2022
    ISBN9780578336213
    If This is How You Love
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    Kayla Kennedy

    Kayla Kennedy is an avid reader, writer, actress, producer, and poet. She studied Criminal Justice, Psychology, and Theatre Arts at Westfield State University and received a master's degree in Applied Behavior Analysis from Simmons College. Over the years, Kayla has dabbled in both the arts and sciences. As a Board-Certified Behavior Analyst, she works with families affected by autism and other social disabilities. As an artist, she finds herself engulfed in one project after the next. From founding a theatre company, Spectrum Studios Theatre, and running workshops, to poetry slams in Cambridge, to the airwaves cohosting the What's the Story Podcast on the WTFAWTA network. Born and raised in Massachusetts, she currently resides there with her husband and their 200-pound puppy. For more information on her latest ventures, please visit www.thekennedyluck.com

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