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Nov/Dec 2021 • Vol. XLIII No. 6 |

And We Inherit Everything

By Brigitte Leschhorn Arrocha

2021 Kenyon Review Short Nonfiction Contest Winner

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Brigitte Leschhorn Arrocha has published fiction in Boulevard magazine and the Southeast Review and an essay in Crab Orchard Review. She is currently an English instructor at Phillips Academy in Andover and is working on her first novel and an essay collection.

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