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I’ve been writing the same story for fifteen years. It’s about addiction and survival.

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Apr 07, 2025
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I’ve been writing the same story for fifteen years. It’s about addiction and survival. This story has taken on so many iterations. The drafts closest to high school are obviously the most difficult t…

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Nikki Volpicelli
Nikki Volpicelli is a graduate of the Bennington Writing Seminars and an editor of the Rose Books Reader. Her work has been featured in The Southampton Review, Entropy, XRAY, Expat, and Neutral Spaces.
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