How to Be Reborn Each Day

The non-speaking autistic poet Hannah Emerson explores the transformative power of suffering in her poem, "Center of the Universe." As The Marginalian tells it, the work encourages readers to face their own internal hells to find light and rebirth. The poem is part of Emerson's collection titled The Kissing of Kissing.

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