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    • About the Author:

    Kate Lohnes (Kathleen Kenedy Lohnes) was an editorial intern at Encyclopaedia Britannica in 2017 and 2018. She attends the University of Iowa, intending to graduate in May 2020 with a bachelor’s degree in creative writing with minors in philosophy and studio arts. She is also the author of a collection of self-published poetry entitled Stockholm Syndrome 17 (2016).