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"In a daze about what to do midway between isolation and discomfort. You have always wanted to write, my son said. Now, with nowhere to go and little to do, you have to write."

Meet Mary Ellen

Mary Ellen Swee is a member of the Illinois Bar. She holds a BA from Carleton College, MA and MLA degrees from The University of Chicago, and a JD from The John Marshall Law School in Chicago. Currently, she studies Creative Writing at The University of Chicago’s Writer’s Studio. The Wall Street Journal and the medical journal JAMA published three of her non-fiction essays, and Notre Dame Review and The Midwest Quarterly published her poetry.

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