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Stories of Impact: Creating True Community through SWING Magazine

By

Leigh Anne Couch

In this message, SWING Magazine Editor Leigh Anne Couch reflects on why she started writing, what keeps her writing, and a year in which SWING continued building community by publishing 80 writers, distributing 340 copies, and so much more.


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