Sammi and I both lost our fathers at a young age and writing this poem together has been a way for us to both process our losses and better understand ourselves.
Story
Sammi LaBue
(she/her/hers) Mentor
Sammi LaBue is the author of the creative writer’s guided journal, Words in Progress (DK Sept 2020) and the founder of Fledgling Writing Workshops, which hosts generative courses online and in person in Brooklyn. You can find some of her creative work in Literary Hub, PANK, Glamour, Hobart, The Feminist Wire and beyond. She earned her MFA from the Vermont College of Fine Arts and is basically obsessed with catching an idea and writing it down.
Favorite Authors & Artists
Georgia O’Keeffe, Patti Smith, Toni Morrison