writing, to me, is so important 'cause it allows me to thin… - Derecka Purnell

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writing, to me, is so important 'cause it allows me to think publicly about ideas that I'm working through as a lawyer or I'm working through as an organizer or as I'm working through as a parent, for example.

Derecka Purnell

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is a human rights lawyer, author, abolitionist, and columnist living in the USA.

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