Rooting & Rising

Rooting & Rising

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Rooting & Rising is a collection of personal essays from a phoenix in progress. A visibility experiment. A bid for connection.

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About Dean Phoenix

Hi, I'm Dean. I'm a queer thinker, peacemaker, apocalyptic optimist and I yearn for a kinder world. I'm yearning my ass off in this photo.