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Unconquerable Crete: An Epic Poem
By David Pratt
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A 700 line poem in blank verse on the German invasion of Crete and the Resistance 1941-1945
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David Pratt
David Pratt is author of the Lambda-winning Bob the Book, Wallaçonia, Todd Sweeney, the Fiend of Fleet High, Looking After Joey, and a story collection, My Movie. His stories have appeared in several periodicals and anthologies. He has performed work for the theater at venues in New York City and Michigan and has published Two Plays: The Snow Queen and November Door. In 2020-2021 he published The Book of Humiliation, an "anti-novel" in 16 zines, designed by Michigan artist Nicholas Williams.
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