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Author: Shantell Powell

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    Shantell Powell is a two-spirit author, artist, and swamp hag. She is the Yosef Wosk VMI Fellow for 2023, a SpecFic fellow at the 2023 Roots Wounds Words Winter Retreat, and a graduate of the Writers’ Studio at Simon Fraser University and the LET(s) Lead Academy at Yale University. Her writing appears in Augur, Solarpunk Magazine, and more. She is a recipient of the 2022 Waterloo Arts fund for her manuscript in progress.

  • Hiding in Plain Sight: Life With and Without Masks

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    “I feel faint. Even a common cold leaves me sick for months and sometimes lands me in the emergency room. I have been assiduously masking since the beginning of the pandemic and so far, to the best of my knowledge, have avoided catching COVID. I will not be able to wear my mask for the…