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Amy Woolard Reads Charles Wright

The New Yorker: Poetry

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Personal Reflections on Work and Community

The manuscript 'wage' reflects the author's 12 years of full-time work in restaurants, capturing the essence of their time in Charlottesville and expressing gratitude to the people they worked with. The poem resonated with restaurant employees who reached out to thank the author for seeing themselves represented in it.

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