the potential for a memoir
zaji One of my advisors a year ago encouraged me to write a memoir based on…
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i want to tell you something
i want to tell you something. i want you to know how sorry i am…
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Writing Prompt: Our House What are the earliest memories of the place you lived in…
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Find me inside myself. Search there. Sometimes I’ll hide behind my cousin who died when…
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An excerpt from my memoir. ∞∞∞∞∞∞∞∞∞∞∞∞∞∞∞∞∞∞∞∞∞∞∞∞∞∞∞∞∞∞ I was born beneath Cuba, across the waters of…
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There was so much to see on my trip home. The last time I visited…
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As my plane flew over Cuba, bound for Jamaica, I began to feel the pull…
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I was pleased to learn that my memoir excerpt was posted to AfricanVoices.com. What a…
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My grandmother died in a bed, in a room, in a house, in the North…
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It’s 6:10am. I don’t usually rise this early. This morning felt different, however. I had…
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