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I’m No Longer Editing Myself

I spent my journalism career trying to be perfect. Now I’m just trying to be myself.

Jolie A. Doggett
ZORA
Published in
4 min readJan 29, 2021

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Photo: Esther Sweeney/Getty Images

Even at the risk of burning, the mouth always seeks the light. —Elizabeth Acevedo, The Poet X

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Jolie A. Doggett
ZORA
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writer | editor | reader | podcaster | people person | (i used to work here ☺️)