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Elizabeth Bruenig

ruenig reflects on her move from Texas to the Northeast in “Too Wild To Love” (Page 12). “The and has written for and . In 2019, she was named a Pulitzer Prize finalist in feature writing for her investigation of a sexual assault that took place at her high school in Arlington. Bruenig reports on capital punishment, criminal justice, and violence in the U.S.

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