Barrett Bowlin is the author of the story collection Ghosts Caught on Film. His essays and short stories can be found in places like Barrelhouse, Ninth Letter, Waxwing, Salt Hill, The Rumpus, and Bayou. An Arkansas expatriate, he now lives and teaches and rides trains in Massachusetts. Find links to his work at barrettbowlin.com, or check him out on Instagram & Twitter (@barrettbowlin).
Remember: you are not the only voice. You are not even the decider of what’s true or not. You are the conduit for many perspectives. Maybe through these many perspectives readers can triangulate some semblance of truth. That, to me, is history.