by Gus on Oct 30th, 2008 Tweet

by Gus on Oct 30th, 2008 Tweet
Carapace 6 - aka Carapace Issue 71 - was launched last night at Rust and Vrede in Belleville. A great turnout, and some terrific, very funny readings. Two poems dat drew great applause: A Straight literary outrage
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