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The Next Big Thing

At the opening of the Brautigan Library, Clark County Historical Museum, October 2010. Tag – you’re it! I don’t know who started the game, but many authors are now playing it. A writer posts answers to questions about her next … Continue reading

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

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

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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New Publication: “Ratification” in Calyx

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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