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Joanne Nelson
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Joanne Nelson is the author of the memoir, This is How We Leave forthcoming from Vine Leaves Press. Her writing appears in literary journals such as Brevity, Midwestern Gothic, the museum of americana, Consequence, and Redivider. In addition, she is a contributor to Lake Effect on 89.7 WUWM, her NPR affiliate based in Wisconsin. Nelson lives in Hartland, Wisconsin, where she develops and leads community programs, maintains a psychotherapy practice, and adjuncts. More information is at wakeupthewriterwithin.com Photo credit:Jia Oak Baker
EXPIRED MAYONNAISE Things I’ve forgotten just for today and possibly tomorrow 1

EXPIRED MAYONNAISE: Things I’ve forgotten, just for today (and possibly tomorrow)

Joanne Nelson·September 25, 2019
Teeth brushed, bedtime T-shirt on, blankets snuggled close, and sinking into day-is-doneness, I’m sure there’s one more thing—something to do...
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