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Elizabeth Powers

Elizabeth Powers was born and raised in Cleveland, Ohio, She received her BA from Wittenberg University and completed her MFA from Eastern Washington University. She now lives and works in Avon Lake, Ohio with her partner and daughter.

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When I wake up in the morning, the snow has stopped falling, but outside my window I see a big mound of the stuff in the driveway. I rub my eyes and sigh, realizing that the mound of snow is actually a car and that I’m going to have to dig it out fast if I don’t want to be late to work. I throw on my khakis and dark green shirt, Harold’s Grocery sewn on the left breast pocket in yellow, loopy script, and then stare back at the car just for an instant to contemplate the freezing temperature of creamed corn. Read more.

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