Aperson in a black teeshirt and dark blue jean overalls with short brown hair pulled back sitting in front of a bookshelf.

Rachel Calnek-Sugin

Rachel Calnek-Sugin is a writer, educator, and activist committed to the openness of the soul in all its forms! She writes stories, creative nonfiction, and plays about the weird, vast lives of women and girls, the aliveness of natural things, and people trying to make life bearable on this violent and beautiful earth. Rachel currently lives in Brooklyn, teaches creative writing to youth, and almost has her Masters in Social Work.

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