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is the Ojibwemowin phrase
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I once asked my …
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to the bone. Just so you know there’s not
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Ted Joans
1928—2003Ted Joans
Ted Joans published some forty books and booklets of poetry. His major poetry collections include Afrodisia (Hill & Wang, 1970), Black Pow-Wow: Jazz Poems (Hill & Wang, 1969), and All of Ted Joans and No More (Excelsior, 1961)
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