Tuning Up

Bubble Girl

The kidnapping that once riveted the nation

By Eric McHenry | March 4, 2024
Illustration by Matt Rota
Illustration by Matt Rota
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Eric McHenry is a poet and critic whose work has appeared in The Yale Review, The New Republic, The New York Times Book Review, and The Threepenny Review. He teaches creative writing at Washburn University and is a former poet laureate of Kansas.

 

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