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While trauma can stem from many causes, it can especially be shaped by the physical spaces where it originated. When such places involve our homes or people we trust, the impact can be further magnified and difficult to reconcile with the fuller pictures of our lives. In this roundtable, four authors of new and recent Belle Point Press collections will discuss trauma’s influences on their writing and how they have used creative work to address its lingering effects. Whether navigating trauma in the body itself or connected to a geographical location, each author’s work explores a variety of poetics to make their traumatic experiences translate to a wider audience. Topics range from living a closeted life to sexual assault and addiction, family loss, and pandemic grief.