Writing Life
Don’t Write Alone
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Journalism Taught Me to Ask for Help
As a journalist, I’ve learned that isolation is damning—something I don’t think the writer in me fully recognizes.
Don’t Write Alone
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My Name Is Not Anna Steidel—But Her Name Is On My Wall
There is an award in my office that does not belong to me.
Don’t Write Alone
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I’m a Nervous Wreck When I Write Prose
I am yet another poet writing a novel. Which is to say, I find myself in hell.
Don’t Write Alone
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Writers of Color Reflect on Isolation
Since the onset of the pandemic, isolation has been, for good or bad, a major feature of life. Here you’ll find reflections from several writers of color, shared by POC United.
Don’t Write Alone
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Learning to Write My Truth as a Deaf Queer Writer
The best thing that writing can do is to replace a shallow illusion with something more nuanced and closer to the truth.
Don’t Write Alone
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Writing Is Time Travel
My writing gives the validation my younger self will need to believe in me, for me, during the years between now and when I won’t know how.