Introducing our Web Content Editor

I am honored and excited for this opportunity to help Deep Wild Journal share their message of writing from the backcountry, appreciating and caring for wild places.

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We are thrilled to announce the addition of Corrinne Brumby to the Deep Wild staff. Corrinne is coming aboard as the Web Content Editor, providing much-needed assistance in our permanent efforts to help Deep Wild Journal find its true audience. But she’s got lots of skills and enthusiasm and will no doubt contribute in lots of ways.

A naturalist and nature writer, Corrinne spends much of her time exploring the wetlands and woods in Florida. She earned her MFA in Creative Writing–Nature Writing from Western Colorado University.

Corrinne’s essays, fiction, and poetry have appeared in Western’s Pathfinder MagazineThe Great Isolation: Colorado Creativity in the Time of the Pandemic, Magical Women Magazine, and Odyssey Online among others.

Welcome aboard, Corrinne!

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A Different Normal

What? No there’s no way you’re autistic!

You say it as if it’s a disease

But you seem normal to me!

Normal?

What’s normal to you is intolerable, painful

your bright lights

your loud noises

and conversations

and parties

make my head spin

my otherwise intelligent brain freezes

makes me panic

shutdown

curl in a ball

cover my head

hit my head

What is normal for you

requires coping strategies for me

quiet space

support for basic adulting

. . .

The complete poem appears in Magical Women Magazine Vol. 1 you can purchase it here and support this amazing group that gives voice to neurodivergent artists. https://www.magicalwomen.co.uk/