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TBR Tuesday Review: To the Moon and Back: A Childhood Under the Influence by Lisa Kohn

Tue Sep 18 2018

Today's suggestion for your To Be Read List is an astonishingly beautiful and haunting memoir by Lisa Kohn about grouping up in Reverend Moon’s Unification Church. Read more »


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Instead of Wings

Wed Sep 12 2018

This week's prompt comes from Mary Carroll-Hackett. Instead of wings... Read more »


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TBR Tuesdays: Interview with Lisa Romeo, Author of STARTING WITH GOODBYE

Tue Sep 11 2018

It's TBR Tuesday, when I suggest a book to add to your To Be Read pile. This week's book is STARTING WITH GOODBYE by Lisa Romeo Read more »


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Review of Girlish by Slippery Elm Literary Journal

Sat Sep 08 2018

Reviewed by Milena Velez View at findlay »


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I Remember/I Don't Remember: First Kiss

Wed Sep 05 2018

Writing Prompt from Abigail Thomas: 4 lines that start "I don't remember," followed by 4 lines starting "I remember." Read more »


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BOOK REVIEW + GIVEAWAY for My Mother Says Drums Are For Boys

Tue Sep 04 2018

Welcome to TBR Tuesdays, where I suggest books to add to your To Be Read pile. This week's selection is: My Mother Says Drums Are For Boys: True Stories for Gender Rebels by Rae Theodore. Read more »


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It Is Now Safe to Exit the Ride

Tue Aug 28 2018

A roller coaster may be a tired metaphor for a book release, but I’m standing by it. It’s my last post on the Ball, and tired is an adequate description of my present state as well. View at thedebutanteball »


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Parenting Styles: Have I Overdone the Internet Safety Lectures?

Mon Aug 27 2018

We have all read the horrific stories of cyber-bullying, and it would destroy me to watch either of my kids being harassed online, or in real life for that matter. We talk about internet safety often—perhaps too much, it turned out. View at modernparentsmessykids »


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MS. MAGAZINE: Representation Matters—Even When It’s Not of Happy Families

Wed Aug 22 2018

Sometimes, the thing society most objects to about your family isn’t what’s “wrong” with it. View at msmagazine »


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This Blooper Reel is Disappointing

Tue Aug 21 2018

I didn’t really have a blooper reel for Girlish. View at thedebutanteball »


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A Tale of Two Launches

Wed Aug 15 2018

A compare-contrast post about my two launch parties. View at thedebutanteball »


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Watching boys start fires.

Mon Aug 13 2018

Essay published in Whiskey Island Magazine Vol. 70 Read more »




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