This year’s competition asked writers to draft an original, previously unpublished piece on the theme of our shared humanity.
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This year’s competition asked writers to draft an original, previously unpublished piece on the theme of our shared humanity.
Pleasure, guilt, goodness, regret, confusion, self-respect and motherhood are among the many topics local poet and essayist Brit Washburn explores in her recently published collection of essays, “Homing In: Attempts on a Life of Poetry and Purpose.”
Poet Brit Washburn discusses the importance of specificity within poetry, forms of inspiration and the ways a poem can help readers feel less alone.