The "one" that I am is composed of narratives that overlap, run… — Glenn Ligon · Skopia

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The "one" that I am is composed of narratives that overlap, run parallel to, and often contradict each other.

2011

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Ligon, Glenn. Yourself in the World: Selected Writings and Interviews, edited by Scott Rothkopf. Yale University Press, 2011.

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