A piece I can relate to, from another Portland writer: on the challenge of making writing a secondary career while spending much of your time on other, more practical work.

How Working at a Grocery Store Helped Me Become a Better Writer
I was flipping through a rack of pants at a resale shop when I ran into Consuelo, a poet I’d met while we were doing our MFAs at Portland State. It was a bit of encouraging synchronicity, actually,…
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