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My mother used to bring home old newspapers and Newsweek magazines after the white family she worked for threw them in the trash. I learned about the Civil Rights Movement from those old … Continue reading >>
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I am a nonfiction advocate in a 200-year old entrenched tradition of poetry and fiction. Memoir, essays, humor essays, articles, book and movie reviews. I was told once I should write a … Continue reading >>
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While my piece that appears in Idol Talk is a personal essay (where I write about the 1990s, my Pixies obsession, and Fight Club, among other other topics), most of my writing could be be best … Continue reading >>
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I write across years, across pages, across oceans of memory. My poetry has been published widely in Canada and the US reaching a peak in 1996 with my poetry partner Linda Stitt in our book … Continue reading >>
Welcome Faye Rapoport DesPres to my What, Why, How Series about creativity!
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For much of my creative writing career I have focused on observing life in this time and place and examining … Continue reading >>
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It seems like I fall into the activities I do best, or maybe I should say do with the greatest affection. A few years ago, reflecting on the fact that my father, sister and son are all artists, … Continue reading >>
