Writing in the Dark with Jeannine Ouellette

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Joy & Sorrow

Open Mic Salon Replay
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“My hands wanted to touch your hands, because we had hands.” — Frank Bidart
Week TWELVE | For the Joy & the Sorrow | Tenderness Is In The Hands
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My Life, My Life, My Life, My Life In The Sunshine
Week ELEVEN | For the Joy & the Sorrow | An Ecstatic Delight
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Our Particular Bodies
Week TEN | For the Joy & the Sorrow | How Else We Might Be Touched
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Holding Each Other Beneath The Sun
Week NINE | For the Joy & the Sorrow | Filling the Frame
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A Significant Possible Crack In The Foundation Of My Knowledge
Week EIGHT | For the Joy & the Sorrow | A Significant Possible Crack
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A Kind of Tether Between Us
Week SEVEN | For the Joy & the Sorrow | A Kind of Tether Between Us
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I Love Broken Things (Like Me)
Week SIX | For the Joy & the Sorrow | And I say, "holy, holy"
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Jan. 17: Write-In
Writing can be lonely. But it doesn’t always have to be. Come write with us.
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Let It Be A Firefly, Let It Be A Bug
Week FIVE | For the Joy & the Sorrow | Look Outside, Look Inside
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Joy Is Such A Human Madness
Week FOUR| For the Joy & the Sorrow | A thing we already know, hidden in plaIn sight
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Though It's So Much More Than.
Week Three| For the Joy & the Sorrow | Though It's So Much More Than ...
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