Stephanie Clare Smith, Author at Salvation South

FOURTH OF JULY VACATION WEEK
To tide you over till our next weekly edition on July 13, we bring back four pieces from the last three years—worthy perspectives on what it means to be an American.

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Stephanie Clare Smith

Counting the Overlooked

An excerpt from Everywhere the Undrowned: A Memoir of Survival and Imagination, by Stephanie Clare Smith, centered on one summer in the young life of this North Carolina poet and essayist.

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FOURTH OF JULY VACATION WEEK
To tide you over till our next weekly edition on July 13, we bring back four pieces from the last three years—worthy perspectives on what it means to be an American.

Stephanie Clare Smith

Counting the Overlooked

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FOURTH OF JULY VACATION WEEK To tide you over till our next weekly edition on July 13, we bring back four pieces from the last three years—worthy perspectives on what it means to be an American.

Stephanie Clare Smith

Counting the Overlooked

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FOURTH OF JULY VACATION WEEK
To tide you over till our next weekly edition on July 13, we bring back four pieces from the last three years—worthy perspectives on what it means to be an American.