Sep 21, 2020
On the Sixth Day
The oregano crossed the street.
Corinne Hughes is a poet, essayist, and fiction writer residing in Portland, Oregon. She is a 2021 participant in One Story magazine’s Writing Circle, and received a summer writing fellowship from the National Book Foundation in 2004. She frequently attends workshops and is currently at work on a novel and a short story collection. Her poem "10 Books Influencing My Novel Right Now" can be found in Passengers Journal.
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