Thomas Hardy once wrote that “Happiness was but the occasional episode in a general drama of pain.” So, what losses have shaped you? What grief has remade you? What painful moments still throb beneath the surface, waiting to be named? The Lagos Review invites you to write them – boldly, honestly, unflinchingly, powerfully.
Tag: Beloved
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