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Terrell<\/strong>\n        <span>&amp; Lex Nemo<\/span>\n      <\/a>\n\n      <button\n        class=\"menu-button\"\n        type=\"button\"\n        aria-controls=\"tft-primary-nav\"\n        aria-expanded=\"false\"\n      >\n        Menu\n      <\/button>\n\n      <nav class=\"nav\" id=\"tft-primary-nav\" aria-label=\"Primary navigation\">\n        <a href=\"#books\">Books<\/a>\n        <a href=\"#writing\">Writing<\/a>\n        <a href=\"#author\">The Author<\/a>\n        <a href=\"#journal\">Journal<\/a>\n        <a href=\"#contact\">Contact<\/a>\n      <\/nav>\n\n    <\/div>\n  <\/header>\n\n  <main id=\"top\">\n\n    <!-- HERO -->\n    <section class=\"hero\" aria-labelledby=\"hero-title\">\n      <div class=\"wrap hero-inner\">\n\n        <div class=\"eyebrow\">A house of books and imagined worlds<\/div>\n\n        <h1 id=\"hero-title\">\n          Stories from the study,<br>\n          and beyond its locked door.\n        <\/h1>\n\n        <p>\n          Fiction, essays, and other dispatches from Timothy F. 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