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Lee Gutkind, Founder & Editor 

Hattie Fletcher, Managing Editor 
Chad Vogler, Senior Editor

Stephen Knezovich, Director of Marketing & Publicity
Sharla Yates, Director of Education
Anna Hall, Art Director & Marketing Assistant
Amanda Backeris, Store Manager

Patricia Park, Business Manager

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Jill Patterson, Copyeditor
April Rondeau, Copyeditor
Dinty W. Moore, Section Editor (Exploring the Boundaries)

Victoria Blake, In Fact Books Publisher

Broudy Printing, Printer

Readers & Volunteers

Alle Hall
Alton Melvar M. Dapanas
Bethany Cerbus-Campbell
Emily Johnson
Ian Bane-Herzog
Jacki Skole
Karin Killian
Lauren Meredith
Lizz Dawson
Lydia Buchanan
Michael Bennett
Morgan Witkowski
Nancy Chapple
Pamela Milam
R. K. H. Ndong
Remi Recchia
Sarah Capdeville
Susan Lerner
Vicki Lindner
Wally Suphap

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Current Issue

77 / Resilience

We’re still here

In this issue, we consider the challenges of living through collective (and too often unacknowledged) grief. How do we keep going in a time of tremendous sorrow? How do we put our experiences to good use? And how do we make room for joy and hope and laughter?
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In Fact Books

In Fact Books is an independent book imprint specializing in high-quality, nuanced nonfiction narratives on a wide variety of topics and real-life experiences. It’s our mission to publish stories that create a richer understanding of our world.
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We’re open to all types of creative nonfiction, from immersion reportage to personal essay to memoir.

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