"He pointed toward the constellation. He did indeed know things. ...But it was hard for me to take it all in. The night was too crowded with joy. And the desert was making all that noise. And next to me, the girl... With every shooting star, she touched my arm and whispered, âOoh, Mister, look.â"
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"Radiant" Raleigh Review (Fall 2022) Vol. 12.2, and Sequestrum (Apr 26, 2023)
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Andrea Lewis (writer)
Andrea Lewis is an American writer. She was Microsoft's first technical writer and is one of three co-founders of Richard Hugo House, a literary arts center in Seattle.
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