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Postponing a dinner date or coffee meetup has larger repercussions when you have a chronic illness
Stephanie Harper received her Masters of Fine Arts in Creative Writing at Fairfield University. Her debut poetry collection, Sermon Series, was published in September 2017 with Finishing Line Press. Her work can be found in The Huffington Post, HelloGiggles, HerStories, Feminine Collective, Matador Review, Poetry Quarterly, Midwest Literary Magazine, Haiku Journal, and Spry Literary Journal. She lives in Littleton, CO.