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Colorful humorist Ashleigh Brilliant has parlayed a love for words and a penchant for writing into a $100,000-a-year business, one poem at a time
Colorful humorist Ashleigh Brilliant has parlayed a love for words and a penchant for writing into a $100,000-a-year business, one poem at a time

Colorful humorist Ashleigh Brilliant has parlayed a love for words and a penchant for writing into a $100,000-a-year business, one poem at a time

Date7/16/1992
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Original Toronto Star caption: Colorful humorist Ashleigh Brilliant has parlayed a love for words and a penchant for writing into a $100;000-a-year business; one poem at a time
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Call Number / Accession NumberTSPA_0099400F
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