This piece is part of our Witnessing series, which shares pieces from Israeli authors and authors in Israel, as well as the experiences of Jewish writers around the globe in the aftermath of October 7th.
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Abby Horowitz’s fiction and essays have been published in Gulf Stream, The Forward, and Kenyon Review online, among other places. She won the Goldenberg Fiction Prize from Bellevue Literary Review and has been a finalist in contests held by American Short Fiction, Florida Review, and Michigan Quarterly Review. Abby has an MA in Jewish Studies from Emory University, an MFA from the Warren Wilson Program, and has been a fellow at the Saltonstall Foundation for the Arts. She lives with her family in upstate New York.
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