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It’s a glass-half-full way of looking at the COVID-19 pandemic, but both 29-year-old bluegrass standout Sierra Hull and 11-year-old Blount County boy Wyatt Ellis agree: If it wasn’t for the virus, they probably would have never found one another. They met once, right before everything started to shut down in Tennessee: Hull — who was taken under the wing of bluegrass maven Alison Krauss when she was about Wyatt’s age and went on to record for the prestigious Rounder label while winning Mandolin Player of the Year by the International Bluegrass Music Association for three y...

The Church of St. Materiana (2007), The Beauty of It (2010 and 2016); Alley of Dreams (2018), and Magic Somewhere Else (forthcoming). In recent years Britting Oleson has been awarded several residencies; she has had stories, poems, and book reviews published in literary magazines worldwide, and has been nominated for a Pushcart Prize, as well as an award for Best Of The Net. She has taught English and creative writing for more than 30 years, to both high school and adult students. She is a founding member of Simply Not Done, a women’s reading, writing, and teaching collective. Please vis...