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HUMAN INTONATION: Constructing Meaning From Life's Complete Disasters
By
Verneda White
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Founder and Creative Director, HUMAN INTONATION
As you can imagine losing my cousin to a preventable disease took the second spot on my list of complete disasters. In similar fashion I had not regarded the severity of his diagnosis the day Wesley called to tell me he had tested positive for HIV that September after Katrina.
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