Hannah Pittard

I took Patrick out to my mom's farmhouse one day and the three of us played Scrabble and it was like the first time I saw my mom laugh and the two of them loved each other. They got along so well. And it got to the point where my mom would call Patrick when she'd come into town and say, I'm going to the grocery store. And Patrick would go to the grocery store with her. He would take her to bars.

I took Patrick out to my mom's farmhouse one day and the three of us played Scrabble and it was like the first time I saw my mom laugh and the two of them loved each other. They got along so well. And it got to the point where my mom would call Patrick when she'd come into town and say, I'm going to the grocery store. And Patrick would go to the grocery store with her. He would take her to bars.

I mean, he was helping her find small amounts of joy.

I mean, he was helping her find small amounts of joy.

I mean, he was helping her find small amounts of joy.

The four of us had become this kind of Charlottesville unit. I would see Patrick and we'd play Scrabble, and then we'd go to a bar and meet up with Trish and George.

The four of us had become this kind of Charlottesville unit. I would see Patrick and we'd play Scrabble, and then we'd go to a bar and meet up with Trish and George.

The four of us had become this kind of Charlottesville unit. I would see Patrick and we'd play Scrabble, and then we'd go to a bar and meet up with Trish and George.

You feel young and invincible, and this is where stories are happening. You're interacting with people, you're overhearing strange bits of dialogue.

You feel young and invincible, and this is where stories are happening. You're interacting with people, you're overhearing strange bits of dialogue.

You feel young and invincible, and this is where stories are happening. You're interacting with people, you're overhearing strange bits of dialogue.

I had so many ideas and I was still getting all of my writing done. And because I was in my 20s and made of elastic, I'd wake up the next morning at 7 and just start writing.

I had so many ideas and I was still getting all of my writing done. And because I was in my 20s and made of elastic, I'd wake up the next morning at 7 and just start writing.

I had so many ideas and I was still getting all of my writing done. And because I was in my 20s and made of elastic, I'd wake up the next morning at 7 and just start writing.

It felt like this fantasy that I had was within my reach as long as I keep trying. As long as I keep trying, I keep writing, there's a possibility that this could be my life.

It felt like this fantasy that I had was within my reach as long as I keep trying. As long as I keep trying, I keep writing, there's a possibility that this could be my life.

It felt like this fantasy that I had was within my reach as long as I keep trying. As long as I keep trying, I keep writing, there's a possibility that this could be my life.

But hanging out with Trish and me, fiction writers, hanging out with George, a poet, he did start writing stories.

But hanging out with Trish and me, fiction writers, hanging out with George, a poet, he did start writing stories.

But hanging out with Trish and me, fiction writers, hanging out with George, a poet, he did start writing stories.