Jandek
Jandek Alex Neilson Richard Youngs
Jandek’s second ever live performance, and the first to be advertised in advance.
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Jandek’s second ever live performance, and the first to be advertised in advance.
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The ongoing development of [b]reach, an abolitionist black queer retelling of Marge Piercy’s incredible feminist utopian novel Woman on the Edge of Time.
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