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Marianne Peel

A middle/high school English teacher for 32 years, Marianne now nurtures her own creativity. She spent three summers teaching in China and received Fulbright Awards to Nepal and Turkey. Marianne’s poetry appears in Muddy River Review, Jelly Bucket, Comstock Review, among others. Her debut collection, No Distance Between Us, was published by Shadelandhouse Modern Press in 2021. Marianne has played flute/piccolo since 4th grade and creates afghans for friends in her spare time.

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Chinese Brush Painting: A Lesson | Conflagration


...She paints the stalk – no corrections, no touch ups. Just one confident
continuous stroke to the segmented nodal rings.


Published in Volume 22 Issue 2

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For thousands of years, we lived according to the principles of village life. Then, around the 14th Century, our lives were reorganized by rulers around growth and accumulation – often at the cost of community, equity, and the living Earth. What would it mean to return to simplicity, and mutual care?

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