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Winter 2024 • Vol. XLVI No. 1 Fiction |

Prolonged Exposure

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Lacey Jones thinks and writes about despair, repair, and secular aesthetics. She is a PhD candidate in English and religious studies and an assistant editor at The Yale Review. Currently she is at work on an essay collection.

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