navel gazing
by River Selby (they/them)navel gazing
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About River Selby (they/them)
Ex-firefighter; PhD candidate; autistic, queer, nonbinary person; hype man in civvies. My memoir, HOTSHOT, is forthcoming August 2025 and available for pre-order. https://groveatlantic.com/book/hotshot/
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