Michelle Renee Hoppe

Michelle Renee Hoppe holds a B.A. in English from Brigham Young University, where she was published in and later edited Leading Edge. She was the advertising director of Inscape. She is a special education teacher in the NYC public schools and an M.Ed. candidate in special education.

When You Try to Make Sense of a Breakup Through Racism

My paintings and art therapy hang loosely on his walls. The felt coloring I did in the hospital washes out to white. It sticks to the fridge still facing the sun. He holds my hands, looking at me with more love when I am sick than when I am well. He holds me and tells me it will be all right. It will be all right.
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