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Sentimentality Be Damned: On Gratitude
It seems appropriate to admit to a forum of women that I was the girl who never made female friends easily. As a teenager, talking wasn’t my thing, hugs were a struggle, and I just felt out of place among groups of girls/women. Yet, in the summer of 1999—as a young mother stuck in an unhealthy relationship, having learned that my mother, who had long since been emotionally unavailable to me, was dying—I could have really used some female guidance. What I found instead was an office job at the…See More
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Sentimentality Be Damned: On Gratitude
It seems appropriate to admit to a forum of women that I was the girl who never made female friends easily. As a teenager, talking wasn’t my thing, hugs were a struggle, and I just felt out of place among groups of girls/women. Yet, in the summer of 1999—as a young mother stuck in an unhealthy relationship, having learned that my mother, who had long since been emotionally unavailable to me, was dying—I could have really used some female guidance. What I found instead was an office job at the…See More
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"Hi Lisa,
Welcome to She Writes. Feel free to reach out if you need anything.
Jill Starishevsky
Author, My Body Belongs to Me
http://www.MyBodyBelongstoMe.com"
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- Who I am:
- lisafaycoutley.blogspot.com
- Books I've written, anthologies I've contributed to, and any scripts or plays I've authored:
- In the Carnival of Breathing (Black Lawrence Press, 2011; winner of the Black River Chapbook Competition)
Back-Talk (Articles Press, 2010; winner of the ROOMS Chapbook Contest)
- My writing is:
- Poetry, Memoir, Blog Posts
- My professional associations:
- I am a doctoral fellow and poetry editor for Quarterly West at the University of Utah.
- I found out about She Writes from:
- a friend
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Sentimentality Be Damned: On Gratitude
Posted on February 3, 2012 at 7:00am 9 Comments 4 Likes
It seems appropriate to admit to a forum of women that I was the girl who never made female friends easily. As a teenager, talking wasn’t my thing, hugs were a struggle, and I just felt out of place among groups of girls/women. Yet, in the summer of 1999—as a young mother stuck in an unhealthy relationship, having learned that my mother, who had long since been emotionally unavailable to me, was dying—I could have really used some female…
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- At 5:29pm on July 2, 2011,
Jill Starishevsky said…
Hi Lisa,
Welcome to She Writes. Feel free to reach out if you need anything.
Jill Starishevsky
Author, My Body Belongs to Me
- At 12:59pm on June 30, 2011,
Sandra Beasley said… Welcome! Happy to see you here.
Cheers,
Sandra
- At 9:33am on June 29, 2011,
Margaret Traylor said… Hi Lisa, welcome to She Writes! We're glad to have you here. You can use the Getting Started section to help you find your way around. Let us know if you have any questions!
Best,
Margaret Traylor
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