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Russell Banks: I don't think it does any harm for me to admit in public that I was a battered child
Russell Banks: I don't think it does any harm for me to admit in public that I was a battered child

Russell Banks: I don't think it does any harm for me to admit in public that I was a battered child

Date9/11/1989
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Original Toronto Star caption: Russell Banks: I don't think it does any harm for me to admit in public that I was a battered child.
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ProvenanceFrom the Toronto Star Archives
CollectionToronto Star Photograph Archive
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Call Number / Accession NumberTSPA_0099285F
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