"Most people are carrying something they haven't found words for yet."

m kirk writes about the gap between the life people build and the life they actually meant to live. Sociologist · Educator · Executive coach

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Balance

A novel about two people who love each other — and what that costs.

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CLUTCH

Leadership built to run without you in the room.

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In progress · Querying The Wrath of Archie Ellis A structural retelling of the Iliad. Ypres, 1917. Learn more In progress The Magnificent Seven Narrative nonfiction. The biography of a number. Learn more

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