
05/09/2025
"I’m drawn back to these places, these ruins, because they form the imagistic, psychological core of me, but I also don’t want them to become anyone else’s p**n. Take your camera elsewhere, part of me whispers . . ."
This week on our site, a craft essay by Maya Jewell Zeller on how writers can best depict rural America without resorting to "poverty p**n":
https://buff.ly/r2dD0zR