{"id":19188,"date":"2013-10-26T03:21:58","date_gmt":"2013-10-26T03:21:58","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/lesbianfunworld.com\/books\/?p=19188"},"modified":"2013-10-26T03:21:58","modified_gmt":"2013-10-26T03:21:58","slug":"liberating-minds-by-norman-g-kester","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lesbianfunworld.com\/books\/liberating-minds-by-norman-g-kester\/","title":{"rendered":"Liberating Minds by Norman G. Kester"},"content":{"rendered":"<div>\n<h2 style=\"text-align: center;\"><em>Liberating Minds<\/em><\/h2>\n<h3 style=\"text-align: center;\"><em>The Stories and Professional Lives of Gay, Lesbian, and Bisexual Librarians and Their Advocates<\/em><\/h3>\n<h2 style=\"text-align: center;\">Norman G. 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