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Black-and-white group portrait of twelve young men in dark suits posed around a wooden table, likely a student organization from the early 1900s. A banner reading “Duodecim” rests beneath the table. All are clean-shaven with neatly combed hair, photographed indoors against a plain studio backdrop.

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John Torgrimson shares the nearly forgotten story and literary legacy of Austin native and U.S. Poet Laureate Richard Eberhart.

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