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About Ben H. Gagnon
Ben H. Gagnon is an award-winning journalist, documentary producer and novelist with an upcoming nonfiction book titled Church of Birds: An Eco-History of Myth and Religion to be released in March 2023 from John Hunt Publishing, London. The website for the book is churchofbirds.godaddysites.com.
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