Writing Through

Writing Through

Remembering Debra Shulkes

A fighter, survivor, poet soul who left us this month

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L. Harris
Oct 28, 2022
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Last night I found out that my friend and survivor/poet/activist/kickass mad human Debra Shulkes died of cancer on October 16. When I learned the news, I felt the gut-punch of grief for a world without her in it.

Why do all the life-changing, magical people have to die young? I texted with a friend about this last night. The shitty, hypocritical POSs ju…

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