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Author to Author: Melissa Duclos and Peg Alford Pursell

Author to Author: Melissa Duclos and Peg Alford Pursell

Each Thursday, we turn the reins over to authors who have published a book within the last year or who have one forthcoming in the next year in order to interview one another. But, there’s a twist—they don’t know each other ahead of time. This interview took place between Peg Alford Pursell and Melissa Duclos over the course of about two weeks via a digital document that they used to ask and answer questions. As authors, they found much common…

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Author to Author: Micah Perks and Michelle Bailat-Jones

Author to Author: Micah Perks and Michelle Bailat-Jones

What happens when two authors who have never met agree to interview each other? Join us as we launch our brand new author to author interview series in which some of today’s finest writers discuss the writing life, the craft of writing and their latest works. We’re thrilled to feature Micah Perks and Michelle Jones-Bailat in conversation. Micah Perks: What languages do you translate? Michelle Jones-Bailat: I translate from French into English, and I have done work from Japanese into…

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The Weight of Perfection

The Weight of Perfection

by: Veneranda Aguirre You’re a 16-year old girl who lives between the middle class American and upper class Mexican cultures that exist in your border town of Nogales, Arizona. You’re on the pretty side, 5’6” and 150 pounds. You’ve always been a giant compared to the kids your age, which is just one of myriad ways that you don’t fit in. Not even to your own family. Your family nicknames are Thunder Thighs and Bubble Butt. Because you’re a Latina….

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Genealogy Research: Tips for Tackling Old Records

Genealogy Research: Tips for Tackling Old Records

by: Lauren Jonik Sometime in 1866, a fourteen year old girl named Elizabeth boarded a ship alone. Her parents had passed away and her step-mother decided to send her to America from their native land that later would be called Germany. That summer had brought the Austro-Prussian War, which lasted for about seven weeks and elicited changes of those in power and of territorial boundaries—as so often happened in Europe whenever a war broke out. Perhaps, Elizabeth’s stepmother felt that…

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Being Mom: The Should and The Good

Being Mom: The Should and The Good

by Emma Kirkman In the first term of the school year my six- and eight-year-old daughters were invited to so many birthday parties the invitations reached double figures. On one weekend alone there were five celebrations, which meant on Monday morning when I arrived at work and was asked how my weekend was, I could only respond with one word: exhausting! When I explained it was because of the logistics I had to negotiate – how to get from A…

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