🎭 Culture Aug 6, 2026 · Nelly Reifler

Aftermath of an Intervention, Part I

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Aftermath of an Intervention, Part I
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An introduction from the author



“Blue Spark” came about when the incredible writer and editor Jennifer Kabat asked me to contribute to a nonfiction publication she’d started with three fellow writers: Janet Steen, Greg Olear, and Sean Beaudoin. I was terrified. I said yes. I ran a subject by her, and we decided on a deadline. But every time I started, I was horrified by my writing. Writing fiction, I felt in control. Writing nonfiction about myself was mortifying. Even writing in a journal wa

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