Every two weeks or so I am publishing an essay from an emerging writer. This week, we are publishing “Roadmarks” by Jesse Lacy. Jesse is a writer from the Shenandoah Valley currently residing in Richmond, Virginia. They are an MFA candidate in nonfiction and fiction at Virginia Commonwealth University, where they are an associate nonfiction editor at Bl…
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