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    - Shuchi Saraswat
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    - Becky Tuch
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    - Naomi Ulsted
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    - Sean Van Deuren
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    - Susan Williams
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    - Linda Wertheimer
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    - Cara Wood
    - Ashley Weckbacher
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    - Amy Yelin
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Sometimes, They Even Want to Eat Lunch with You: How I Found My Writing Community

I was the kid the other kids threw rocks at, a sacrifice to the gods of normalcy, in a small town that recently voted overwhelmingly in favor of Donald Trump in the Massachusetts primary. I did not have many friends and I liked it that way, retreating into a Flogging Molly hoodie rather than meeting the eyes of the guy who sat next to me in homeroom, hanging around the English department’s office instead of heading to my next class