You can read an interview with Shelly on how she shaped her essay, for her essay, "How Not to Say Good-Bye to Your Professor," here: thefiddlehead.ca/content/inte...
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Caitlyn Sinclair: One of the elements that I was struck by while reading is the way that the form matches the abruptness of the injury; each numbered segment is a sudden switch from one point to the next. Can you speak more to why you chose this form?