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Author: Vanessa Blakeslee

Vanessa Blakeslee's latest book, Perfect Conditions: stories is the winner of the Foreword Reviews’s 2018 INDIEFAB Book of the Year Award for the Short Story. She is the author of the novel, Juventud and Train Shots, both of which received awards and accolades. Her writing has appeared in The Southern Review, The Paris Review Daily, The Globe and Mail, Vol. 1 Brooklyn, Kenyon Review Online, and many other places. Follow her online at Instagram, Facebook, and Medium
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09/27/2021

The Soul, Afloat

Searching for clarity through sensory deprivation

by Vanessa Blakeslee

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08/27/2020

Seeking Refuge

My year visiting big cat sanctuaries

by Vanessa Blakeslee

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07/09/2020

Our Permian Paradox

On our way

by Vanessa Blakeslee

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