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Omen

by Jen Drociak Something happened in the spruce tree under the cloak of darkness  Something happened in the spruce tree to which no human bore witness   In the tree where only the northern mockingbirds nest  In the tree where only predator and prey can attest  Underneath the tree each week I’d wake to find the feather of a crow …

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The Penmen Profile: “So Many Africas” Author Jill Kandel

by Rebecca LeBoeuf Creative nonfiction writer and memoirist Jill Kandel traveled the world and now writes about those experiences. Kandel first submitted her book, “So Many Africas: Six Years in a Zambian Village,” to Autumn House Press‘ full manuscript competition. After winning the Creative Nonfiction Award in 2014 and being published a  year…

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