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Author Archives: first person productions
Missing the Point
By Sarah White, October 2017 I think I just missed the point—again—of an assignment for a class. (This time, the assignment was for my Big MFA Adventure.) This makes the third time. Funny, the first two times were in art classes, … Continue reading
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Pails and Pollywogs
Bang, bang, bang, tap, tap, tap “Hey guys, Mom is making something.” We race for the stairs to the basement. “What are you making, Mom?” “Be patient.” She has large Maxwell House coffee cans on their sides and is putting … Continue reading
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A writing prompt from “Your Life as Story” by Tristine Rainer
My Amazon order history tells me I bought Your Life as Story: Discovering the “New Autobiography” and Writing Memoir as Literature by Tristine Rainer in 2004. That makes it about the oldest book in my “write your memoir” library, and … Continue reading
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It’s time to “Throw me somethin’, Mister!”
Mardi Gras is less than a month away, and the Carnival marching season begins even sooner. It’s time to “Throw me somethin’, Mister,” in the parlance of this amazing part of US culture. That traditional call from the crowds to … Continue reading
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Writing Challenge: Hippocampus Magazine contest, theme: “Keepsakes”
I’m committing to a personal challenge this season related to Semester 2 in the MFA-Creative Nonfiction program I’m pursuing: get some pieces published! It’s time to build what they call my author’s platform. Hippocampus Magazine has a contest on the … Continue reading
Identity
By Ruchi Kahan In the hardest time of my life, when I almost died, my spirituality saved me. I lived on the streets of New Delhi, India, trying to survive alone starting when I was only four years old. I … Continue reading
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Watching Mildred
By Suzy Beal “Give it back to me! I won’t burn myself, I know how to do it.” “Mildred, let me do this for you. “No, give it to me, NOW” Her gnarled fingers are gripping the curling iron so … Continue reading
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Got “snapshot” memories? Try writing Flash Memoir.
Memories are frequently more like snapshots than movies. So why not apply the techniques of flash fiction to our own life stories? “Going small” allows us to focus on the moments in which life is truly lived, absorbing lessons that would be hard to … Continue reading
My Last Car
Dorothy Ross, whose writing has appeared on True Stories Well Told before, sent me this story to accompany her recent essay, “My First Car.” In 1987 my husband found a new-used Mercedes diesel station wagon for sale and convinced me that … Continue reading
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Ariel Levy: “The Rules Do Not Apply”
Once in a blue moon the stars align to allow me to read a book practically uninterrupted from first page to last. Usually it requires a long airplane flight to grant me that bubble of space/time I can disappear into, … Continue reading
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