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At Fifty

Posted on February 13, 2013 by allisongreenwriter

Twenty-five years ago. Exactly. We have entered the last half of our lives. Our friends are old enough to die of old diseases. We grew up with little knowledge of death. Our mother died young. Our first lover died of … Continue reading →

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Of Prayers and Shells and Wooden Angels

Posted on January 14, 2013 by allisongreenwriter

On the day Adam Lanza aimed his rifle at children in a Connecticut school, Arline and I visited an old friend of hers in a nursing home in Hialeah, a suburb of Miami. Arline was a child when her sister, … Continue reading →

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Beautyberry

Posted on December 4, 2012 by allisongreenwriter

This time of year, the leafless limbs of Callicarpa bodinieri bobble with amethyst berries. The bright clusters are striking in December, when most of the autumn leaves have melted into brown slicks of mush. Any garden flowers that remain — … Continue reading →

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New Publication: “Death of a Death Scholar” in Bellingham Review

Posted on November 20, 2012 by allisongreenwriter

Bellingham Review has published my essay, “Death of a Death Scholar,” in its fall 2012 issue. When my father’s book, Beyond the Good Death, was published, I couldn’t help thinking about how I would apply his anthropological insights into death … Continue reading →

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You’re Going to Make It After All

Posted on October 17, 2012 by allisongreenwriter

Sandy and the Mary Tyler Moore table plaque Over twenty years ago my best friend in graduate school, Sandy Yannone, handed me a jadite Fire King mug filled with coffee and made me a waffle. Her fat tabby cat, Wally, … Continue reading →

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Guest Post

Posted on October 6, 2012 by allisongreenwriter

Over at the Hedgebrook blog, I have a guest post this week.

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Blog Radio

Posted on September 17, 2012 by allisongreenwriter

“Película” was the one word I retained from my semester of high school Spanish. A bracelet of a word, consonants dangling from a chain of short vowels. It means “film.” I had taken French from seventh through eleventh grade. Faced … Continue reading →

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New Publication: “Ratification” in Calyx

Posted on August 6, 2012 by allisongreenwriter

Calyx has just published my essay “Ratification,” about growing up during the fight for the Equal Rights Amendment (click the link to purchase a copy). So here is the third-grader who was spooked by her anti-ERA teacher. She doesn’t look … Continue reading →

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The Urge for Going

Posted on July 23, 2012 by allisongreenwriter

Over thirty years ago I trolled the “Ave” of Seattle’s University District, about a mile from where my family moved when I started eighth grade. At Budget Records, I flipped through bins of bootlegged albums in white sleeves. I still … Continue reading →

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Partridge Family Feminism

Posted on July 10, 2012 by allisongreenwriter

I was seven years old when “The Partridge Family” broadcast the episode “My Son, the Feminist.” Keith, the heart-throb lead singer, offers to play music at a rally for Power of Women because his girlfriend Tina is a member (get … Continue reading →

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