I’m looking forward to attending the annual conference of the Association of Writers & Writing Programs in Portland, OR, from March 27–30.

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Blackbird Blues raises questions about what constitutes a family, what family members owe each other, especially their children, and what they owe themselves. Voices of two women from two different generations tell their stories: Sister Michaeline in her 1940’s diary and Mary Kaye O’Donnell in the main text, set in 1963. After I finished writing Blackbird…

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