Finding the Strength to Leave My Abuser
For years her partner degraded her, beat her, made her feel unworthy. But when he hit her in public while she was pregnant, the writer found inspiration to flee—and never looked back.
Claudia Love Mair
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Claudia Love Mair lives in Lexington, Kentucky, and holds a MFA from Spalding University. Her creative nonfiction has appeared previously in DAME Magazine, and will be featured in The Round Table Literary Journal and the anthology 'It Will Not Be Simple: Motherhood, Mental Illness, and Trauma.'
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Didn’t She Almost Have It All?
A chance encounter with the late Whitney Houston and daughter, Bobbi Kristina, inspires the writer to reflect on the tragic diva's all-consuming hunger.