KELLI SHORT BORGES

A bit of history some may not know: Five years ago, I took a Zoom class, "How to Write and Publish a Personal Essay," led by my friend Windy Lynn Harris. It was during Covid lockdown, and since I couldn't visit neighbors or friends in person I figured this was the next best thing, a way to pass the time. I was bored, to be honest, so I figured, "why not?" I didn't have an MFA and I certainly had never thought of myself as an aspiring writer. I had no idea, that day, that I'd

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