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NOW: New year's resolutions. 1. Be more grateful. 2. Listen more. 3. Talk less. 4. See more theater. BOOK NEWS: Booking events already for When We Were the Kennedys: A Memoir from Mexico, Maine, which comes out on July 10. The story takes place in 1963, when I was nine years old. Beginning with the crisp April morning when my father, a foreman in the woodyard of the Oxford Paper Company, died on his way to work, the book follows three deeply entwined threads: one, Dad's sudden death and my family's year of grief and renewal; the assassination of the president; and the paper mill's first protracted labor strike. For a contemporary glimpse of one of the "characters," you can follow this link to a piece from Oprah Magazine. The original title was "Big Sister, Little Sister"; the magazine version (November 2011) title was "What Betty Knows"; and the online version on oprah.com shows up with yet another title. WHAT I'M WORKING ON: Fiddling with a short essay about my recent time in Benin, Africa. Muddling through another short essay about my sister Betty. (What I've learned: An essay is about one thing and one thing only. Such simple advice, so hard to follow.) Also making lots of lists, lists, lists, trying to land on something that I want to write. In that limbo place that all writers hate. I'm also preparing for another round of "Meet the Authors," a program I developed for incarcerated women at the Maine Correctional Center. CURRENTLY READING: Football for Dummies by Howie Long, Best American Short Stories 2010, and America's Funniest Writers, edited by Andy Borowicz. Thanks for visiting the site, and come back soon! I don't blog, but will make a better effort to keep updating this little pocket of info. FOR
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