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Author: Amanda Cleary Eastep

The Disquiet that Calls You Back to the Fire

October 2, 2015October 2, 2015 Amanda Cleary Eastep

My grandmother told me she could see their fires at night, dotting the dark rise of the forested bluff as her family’s wagon passed along the dirt road after the summer church revival. She told me you could hear their music, too, the strings weaving their way down the wooded hill. Music like joy, but different from […]

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