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Rebecca Seiferle

Rebecca Seiferle’s poems have appeared in Best American Poetry and been nominated for the Pulitzer Prize. She lives in Farmington, New Mexico.

— From February 2002
Essays, Memoirs, & True Stories

The Empty Sky

Reflections On 09.11.01

The Sun doesn’t usually report on current events, but September’s terrorist attacks in New York City and Washington, D.C. marked a turning point for all of us. We put out a call to our writers, inviting them to reflect on the tragedy and its aftermath. The response was overwhelming. As word got around, we received submissions not only from regular contributors but from writers who are new to The Sun’s pages.

November 2001
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