Review of Wetlands (2011) by Jesse Hassenger for PopMatters — 06 Nov 2014

The opening transgressions are not just attention-grabbers.

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This review of Wetlands (2011) was written by Jesse Hassenger and published by PopMatters on 06 Nov 2014.

Wetlands has generally received positive reviews.

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