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Trauma Bonding at the Five-Year Reunion

Two poems by Sarah Chin

Trauma Bonding at the Five-Year Reunion

Electric Literature must raise $35,000 to fund our next chapter. EL’s incoming Executive Director and Publisher, Denne Michele Norris, plans to grow EL’s reach and influence by every measure, while maintaining our sharp, independent spirit. We need your help to ensure our continued success.

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Editor’s note: For these poems, the best reading experience will be on a desktop.

Five-Year Reunion

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About the Author

Sarah Chin is a multigenre writer with a day job in politics. Her work has been published in The Cincinnati Review, Epiphany, X-R-A-Y, SmokeLong Quarterly, Okay Donkey, and more. She lives in Chicago, Illinois and can be found at sarahchin.net.

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