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Stretch Out Your Arms

Nine of us were gathered in the lounge of Burlingame on Pacific University’s campus. It was early, just after seven in the morning, and seemed earlier still, since all nine of us were in the middle of our summer residency for Pacific’s MFA program. We lay on our backs, seven emerging writers and a preeminentContinue reading “Stretch Out Your Arms”

Posted byhmJuly 6, 2014Posted inwriting life, yogaLeave a comment on Stretch Out Your Arms
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