The following is my Goddard MFA graduate reading given July 2013 in Port Townsend, Wa. This is an excerpt from my memoir These Are Not Secrets, the story of a young poverty-stricken mother who makes a reckless and horrific bargain with a dangerous man to gain security for her children. How she survives and is eventually … Continue reading The Day Every Girl Dreams Of – Reading
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The Give Away
The blanket fell out of the closet from the top shelf as if it had been pushed. It was not what I was looking for, but the fact that I had been thinking about what I needed to take with me on this trip made its attempt at escape interesting. I had not touched it … Continue reading The Give Away
Getting to know the Girls
So in the interest of starting at the beginning, I believe it is important to understand what these two jiggly things really meant to me before cancer took one away and I began an occasionally obsessive journey of self-exploration. Let’s get one thing straight ….in my memory I was never in possession of the perfect … Continue reading Getting to know the Girls
Robyn Lynn 