Every two weeks or so I am publishing an essay from an emerging writer. This week, we are publishing “Fire” by Jacky Grey. Jacky (she/they) writes memoir, essays and criticism and lives in western Oregon. They won The Sewanee Review Nonfiction Contest judged by Alexander Chee. When they are not writing, they are working as an architect and get outside a…
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