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Holiday 2015: Writing and Faith
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Burning Words
How heartening—how soulful—to stop taking myself so seriously. It’s like walking barefoot through a pile of burning leaves. And after lingering in the memory of all that was said and incinerated, I go downstairs to write.
—“After the First Cremation”
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