The nine of July had come, and with it the special election…
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Chapter VIII: The Geologist
It was a few summers ago, give or take, when Erlon first met Dr. Ayala on the beach…
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Chapter VII: Keturah
It was guilt, Anette realized, that had caused her to slip up on her visit with Oscar…
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Chapter VI: Maps
The dreams continued…
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Chapter V: The Glare
Anette listened in silence as Erlon spoke, pausing often to consider his next few words…
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Chapter IV: Circle Unbroken
Again he could not sleep after the dream…
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Chapter III. The Resignation
Hamrick called a meeting in the back room of the office…
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Chapter II. Three Trees
As soon as awareness came to him, he was simply there…
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Chapter I. A Missing Pixel
Yesterday, on his birthday, Erlon Rivers was mistaken for a ghost…
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Charleston & the Caribbean Connection
Charleston’s foodways, language, folklore, art & architecture, and history are all evidence of a connection to the Caribbean that shaped not only the city itself, but the entire South as a region, and the U.S. as a nation as well.
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Revelation & Reckoning:
Trials with Gender, Shame, and Trauma
This is my attempt to be recklessly, unabashedly open about what has probably brought me more shame than anything in my entire life.
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That one took a lot longer than I expected.
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Epilogue: The Patients of a Saint
“You want me to go in with you?”
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Chapter XI. Epithalamion
It was late afternoon when Devin arrived at Laurel Oak…
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Chapter X. Lamar Alone
Lamar did not answer Devin’s calls or texts the week that followed the art walk…
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