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Journal of Poetry Therapy
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“And I surrender to maternity”: a poetic autoethnographic inquiry into juggling roles of a doctoral student mother during the pandemic

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Pages 172-181 | Received 01 Aug 2021, Accepted 11 Oct 2021, Published online: 04 Jan 2023

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