Linda Austin
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Tag Archives: lifewriting
Poetry Can Be Lifewriting
April is National Poetry Month, a time when I like to tell people that poetry can be a kind of life writing. When my daughters were children, I wrote poems to document my feelings for them during their stages of … Continue reading
Life Story of a Lost Baby
Our family suffered a tragedy when a shocking pregnancy complication resulted in a young couple losing their healthy child in its second trimester. Nothing could be done to save the baby and her days-long torment finally and mercifully ended during … Continue reading
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Remembering 1940s Chicago and 1950s Japan
My dad had an unconventional childhood as member of a farming family scraping by in 1930s to 1950s Chicagoland—in the midst of growing suburbs they had milk cows and grew crops. Dad’s father drove tractors down the streets to get … Continue reading
Posted in capturing memories, ghostwriting, history, lifewriting, memoir writing
Tagged family history, lifewriting, publishing
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