Gabrielle Peterson is a poet and painter currently living in Chicago, Illinois. She recently received her BA at Carleton College, and has been published in Carleton’s literary magazine, The Manuscript, in addition to the premiere issue of the arts and literary publication, Chimes & Sirens. She has been writing for the past four years and plans to continue until she has nothing left to say.
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