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WRITING IN THE DARK

I’ve been writing since before I could write. As a toddler, I dictated stories (most concerning an imaginary owl) to my parents, who still have some saved on scraps.

About 12 years ago, I was living in New York City and pursuing an MFA in creative writing. For years I’d been experiencing trouble with a binocular vision disorder, but in New York my symptoms worsened dramatically.

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