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Michelle Dominique Burk

Michelle Dominique Burk is a PhD Fellow in the University of Houston's Literature and Creative Writing Department. She lives in Houston.

Articles

Poetry

I’ve had a Dad I’ve called “Dad”           

        but I’ve also had a “Daddy” and the girls who’ve gotten flowers at work,
        celebrated their birthdays in Vegas, will tell you that those two aren’t
        the same thing.                        At all.                         

Michelle Dominique Burk

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