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<div class="elementToProof"><span style="font-family: Calibri, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);">I wanted to pop in and share a project I have been working on <b><a href="https://meaningmaking.substack.com/?r=3cn9h&s=w&utm_campaign=pub&utm_medium=web" title="https://meaningmaking.substack.com/?r=3cn9h&s=w&utm_campaign=pub&utm_medium=web" id="LPlnk271458">Meaning
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<div class="elementToProof"><span style="font-family: Calibri, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);">It is composed of writing done during and for the completion of my MFA.</span></div>
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I'm still adjusting and experimenting and embracing the writing process. </div>
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It's a collection of short and long creative non-fiction essays shared weekly. In sharing these, and reckoning with how my thoughts have changed since first writing them, I am writing new essays diving into the continuing adjustments in thought I'm experiencing--
and how those connect to community, family, friendship.</div>
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I hope you consider following along.</div>
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<a href="https://shelbyhubbard.com/meaning-making" title="https://shelbyhubbard.com/meaning-making" id="LPlnk871953">Subscriptions are free</a>.</div>
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Best,</div>
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<span style="color: rgb(237, 92, 87); font-family: Georgia, serif;"><b>Shelby Hubbard</b></span></div>
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<div style="margin:0px"><span style="margin:0px"><font face="georgia, serif">sewist / sculptor / writer</font></span></div>
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