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Sasha Chapin • An open letter to 56 people I know
I wanna write a poem. But I want it to say what you’re thinking. I wanna patch up the holes when your boat starts sinking. I wanna write that ‘one of a kind’ poem, that ‘free your mind’ poem, that ‘I like how you made that rhyme’ poem, that ‘I like that last line’ poem, that ‘Can I hear that one more time? (That is, if you don’t mind.)’ poem. I
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began to steam. Swallowing hard and working up the courage to speak, I finally uttered, “Well, I guess it is. I mean —I suppose I hope to maybe be a writer… someday.” My friend looked at me without blinking and said, “Jeff, you don’t have to want to be a writer. You are a writer. You just need to write.” Those words struck a chord in me. The next
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