Tag: Creative Nonfiction

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From Saturn to Uranus: Just a Smidge of Snow Here in Boston

8 March 2013

Well, it sure feels like Boston’s bending over for this one. I’m blogging to you from the AWP Conference, and every time I peek outside, the layers are getting deeper, the sky is a dirty white haze, and the flakes are tossing and twirling like Winter Storm Saturn couldn’t decide which way to blow, and … More From Saturn to Uranus: Just a Smidge of Snow Here in Boston

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Manuscript Monday: The Great Divorce

4 March 2013

“D. I. V. O. R. C. E.” Can you hear Tammy Wynette singing that country song in your head? As I work on this section of the manuscript about the death of my father, I’ve been considering the word “divorce”: both the divorce of my parents; and the book titled The Great Divorce, which is … More Manuscript Monday: The Great Divorce