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November 30, 2016

The Safest Place in Kentucky

By Kristen Radtke

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Kristen Radtke

Kristen Radtke is the author of the graphic memoir, Imagine Wanting Only This, forthcoming from Pantheon Books in April 2017. She is the managing editor of Sarabande Books and the film & video editor of TriQuarterly magazine. She lives in New York.

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