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"Flowers for Henry Miller" © John Vogel; used by permission
Dear Henry Miller

Open Letter by John Vogel

If there's a thread that binds us, I believe it’s hope, reasonable or not, for a kind of saving grace.

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why I write • faith • visual art

“Darling Nikki” © Alicia Augeri; used by permission
Darling Nikki

Comic Feature by Alicia Augeri

I see Mars on TV.

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Terry Tempest Williams: “Silence Is Where We Locate Our Voice”

TW Interview by Lorraine Berry

All a writer really has is time. Time to think. Time to read. Time to write.

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"Mom's Hands" © Danna § Curious Tangles; used by permission
Nancy Hands

Essay by Cherie Nelson

I see her reach for the bare-chested man with the homemade tattoos and the dog that doesn’t respond.

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Detail from With Robert Lowell and His Circle
Kathleen Spivack: Shaping What You Write

TW Interview by Jennifer Jean

You really have to swim down into yourself when you’re writing, which is why people confuse it all with mental illness.

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“Slinky” © Matías Ignacio Fernández Gaete; Creative Commons license
Isolation Hospital

Flash Essay by Kenneth Michael Stewart

It’s not the spasms or pain I remember, only the damp, hot, itchy, smelly strips of wool.

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