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Atlanta writer Mark Elberfeld began his essay collection Sour Cherries at Buc-ee's—appropriately on the theme of journeys—at a remote chateau in tiny Orquevaux, France. Educated at the University of the South, Middlebury College’s Bread Loaf School of English, and Georgia State University, Mark previously taught sixth grade in the Washington, D.C. area, where he grew up, and in Budapest, Hungary. His work has appeared in NANO Fiction, the Centenary Journal of the Bread Loaf School of English, South Writ Large, and Voices Elevated: 10 Years of the Elk River Writers Workshop. He has also been nominated for publication in Best American Essays. A facilitator and executive coach, Mark lives with his husband, Russell, and their calico, Sophie. So ...more

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Bernini's Apollo & Daphne

On a recent trip to Rome with my friend Shawna, I had the good fortune to linger in front of Bernini’s Apollo and Daphne at the Villa Borghese with a group of artists. A prominent sculptor and teacher described Bernini’s masterpiece in resplendent detail.

The sculpture pulses. Apollo and Daphne emerge from the stone, the branches of Daphne’s new form as a laurel tree—she’s in mid-transition—are a

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