MFA Candidate Wilson Sims Publishes, "Just Call" in Witness

Congratulations to MFA candidate Wilson M. Sims on publication of an essay, "Just Call," in the Winter 2023 issue of Witness (vol 26, no. 2).

An excerpt from "Just Call":

I’m doing the work of mental health and substance abuse consultation in pandemic isolation, and I’m in my bedroom wearing nothing but gym shorts while suggesting, assessing, and directing. There’s a full moon tonight and its white light is profiling the holly bushes and fence posts outside my window. It’s not supposed to be winter but Nashville is cold. In my bedroom that has become a sleep-in office, a lavender-scented candle sweeps a cone of gold across the wall behind my desk and red lights blink along the secure, work-issued phone. Each light represents a call in a queue of need-seeking. [ . . . ]

 

 

 

 

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