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</span></b><span style="font-size:12.0pt;color:black">Allison Hedge Coke <allisonh@ucr.edu><br>
<b>Date: </b>Sunday, February 19, 2023 at 9:32 PM<br>
<b>To: </b>b b <bonnieandclyd@hotmail.com><br>
<b>Cc: </b>alumni <mfa_alumni@lists.ucr.edu>, crwt-undergrad-info@lists.ucr.edu <crwt-undergrad-info@lists.ucr.edu>, Alex Espinoza <alex.espinoza2@ucr.edu>, Allison White <allison.white@ucr.edu>, Andrew Winer <andreww@ucr.edu>, Charmaine Craig <charmaine.craig@ucr.edu>,
Allen Ivers <iversallen0@gmail.com>, Goldberry Long <goldberry.long@ucr.edu>, Jane Smiley <horse.chuckle@gmail.com>, John Jennings <john.jennings@ucr.edu>, Jos Charles <jos.d.charles@gmail.com>, Josh Emmons <joshme@ucr.edu>, Joshua Hardina <jhard001@ucr.edu>,
Laila Lalami <lailal@ucr.edu>, Mfa edu <cwgrad-announcements@lists.ucr.edu>, Michael Jayme <mjayme@ucr.edu>, Nalo Hopkinson <naloh@ucr.edu>, REZA ASLAN <rezaaslan@gmail.com>, Rachelle Cruz <rachellea.cruz@ucr.edu>, Roda Avelar <ravel007@ucr.edu>, Steve Erickson
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<b>Subject: </b>Re: Banned! </span><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Apple Color Emoji";color:black">🥰</span><span style="font-size:12.0pt;color:black"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><i><span style="font-family:"Georgia",serif;color:black">Allison Adelle Hedge Coke</span></i><span style="color:black"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"garamond",serif;color:#222222"><a href="https://profiles.ucr.edu/app/home/profile/allisonh" target="_blank"><span style="color:#1155CC">Allison Adelle Hedge Coke</span></a><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">On Sun, Feb 19, 2023 at 8:04 PM b b <<a href="mailto:bonnieandclyd@hotmail.com">bonnieandclyd@hotmail.com</a>> wrote:<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:Helvetica;color:black"><a href="https://apple.news/AnjmFNyBRT465ZGFpAKRpSg" target="_blank"><span style="color:black;text-decoration:none">Why I’m Thrilled My Pulitzer-Winning Book Has Been Banned</span></a></span><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:Helvetica"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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