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Sleeping on the Ground

Betsy K. Brown

During the two years before my Catholic conversion, I spent several nights sleeping on the open ground in the Arizona desert. Tents were too expensive, and I often slept...

City Nave

Betsy K. Brown

Stand on your head. You’ll see that she’s a boat Winding between the waves of wailing walls, Careening through the rush of siren-calls, A small ship on a violent...