Acts of a Recovering Drama Queen

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Writing against Melodrama by Engaging with the Natural World. âžĪ Essays/Poems/Hybrid Writing.

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About Ren Powell

California-born, poet/playwright/teaching artist. Settled in the gray/green landscape of Norway. Author of Impermanence (2021), The Elephants Have Been Singing all Along (2017), and others. Buddhist-ish. Lapsed scholar. Meditative runner (ie slow).

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