People of Consequence
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Zoe Ballering is the author of the story collection There Is Only Us (University of North Texas Press), which won the 2022 Katherine Anne Porter Prize in Short Fiction. Her stories are forthcoming or have appeared in The Cincinnati Review, Electric Literature’s Recommended Reading, Hobart, and Story. She is a 2025 Oregon Literary Fellow. Her …
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