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Life Writing as Fiction: Ramon Calhoun’s “Blackanese Boy”

Posted on April 13, 2014 by moonbridgebooks

I have mentioned before the value of writing about your life using fiction. Ramon Calhoun did this with Blackanese Boy, recently published. I met Ramon through a Facebook group for half-Japanese people. Most of us grew up during a time … Continue reading →

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Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie: On Story

Posted on March 17, 2014 by moonbridgebooks

Last week I went to see Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie at our local library. Her latest book, Americanah, just won the National Book Critic’s Circle (NBCC) prize for fiction. Adichie is more beloved, however, for the award-winning Half of a Yellow Sun, … Continue reading →

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Seasons of Our Lives: Women’s Memoirs

Posted on January 31, 2014 by moonbridgebooks

“Each woman is a story waiting to be told,” says Susan Wittig Albert, author of Writing from Life and founder of Story Circle Network, an organization that teaches and encourages women to write and share their life stories. After writing my … Continue reading →

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