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I MET BESTSELLING HISTORICAL NOVELIST Dolen Perkins-Valdez in 2023 at the inaugural Freedom Writers Retreat sponsored by the beneficent owners of the Great Oak Manor, a stately Black-owned hotel in ...

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Camrin Dengel is a freelance photographer whose work explores the intersection of nature and culture. With a background in natural resources, she tells place-based stories shaped by beauty and ...

Emma Pattee is a climate journalist and fiction writer. In 2021, she coined the term “climate shadow” to describe an individual’s potential impact on climate change. Her debut novel, Tilt, is a ...