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Carried on Currents

by Barrie Brewer The river has kept many things—bones that did not sink as they should,secrets that refused to erode,and once, a man who tried to take me. I have no name—not in the way people use names, not in the way names pin things to memory and maps. Names…

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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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