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C. Morgan Babst studied writing at NOCCA, Yale, and N.Y.U. Her essays and short fiction have appeared in such journals as The Oxford American, Guernica, the Harvard Review, LitHub, the New Orleans Review, and her piece, 'Death Is a Way to Be,' was honored as a Notable Essay in Best American Essays 2016. She evacuated New Orleans one day before Hurricane Katrina made landfall. After eleven years in New York, she now lives in New Orleans with her husband and child. ...more

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“Why not?” Tess asked, before she realized she didn’t care. It was profound, the depth of her not caring.”
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“When he was still a kid, he’d figured out that transforming the emotions you didn’t want into art was best way to get rid of them.”
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