Laura Van Etten | The Sun Magazine

Laura Van Etten

Laura Van Etten has worked at women’s shelters in New York, Arizona, and Colorado. She currently lives in Fort Collins and teaches at Colorado State University.

— From May 2005
Essays, Memoirs, & True Stories

Safety Planning

One night I meet a client at the ER, she grabs my arm, forces me to her, and says: “This here will heal.” She points to a broken nose, a smashed collarbone, a red eye. “But this won’t.” She thumps her hand against her chest.

May 2005
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