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By Emily M. Keeler posted at 4:05 pm on June 18, 2012 0

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Emily M. Keeler is the editor of Little Brother Magazine, and the #LitBeat editor for The Millions. She also acts as the Toronto editor for Joyland. And she tweets, too.

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