Welcome to After the Art’s twenty-sixth issue.
We hope you enjoy these four essays:
“Creating Art in a Burning World” by Emily Withnall
“A Girl, Growing” by MaureenTeresa McCarthy
“My Grief Isn’t Yours” by Lori Tucker-Sullivan
“People of the Sand” by Sue Eisenfeld

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After the Art publishes personal essays that explore the ways reading and art enrich each other.
If you’re interested in submitting, please read our guidelines.