adoption | adoption
Oct.05.2008
From the feedback of hundreds of readers, THE EYES HAVE IT seems to strike a positive cord with men and women of all ages, from different locales, various economic levels, religions, and education. When I wrote it, I just wanted to be proud of the finished product, and not disappoint my immediate...
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Jul.18.2008
Oh peace be freeOh mind relaxsettle down, unwindbecause the storms are so unkind.
I'm about to lose my mind.Dear God I am on my knees,Stop this abuse!! Can't you seeI need a piece of mind.
I'd rather lock myself in school todaythen I don't have to go home,to face another hit, the belt, a stick,...
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Jul.12.2008
If there’s an award for the most excerpts published from a memoir manuscript, I’m definitely in the running. My memoir, BLOOD STRANGERS, about three generations of adoption and absent fathers in my family, has been excerpted in five journals and three anthologies. One was nominated for a Pushcart...
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Jan.08.2008
A story last year originating from both Boston and the tiny village of Cacaopera in El Salvador resonated with BLOOD OF PARADISE this week, focusing light on the practice by certain elements within the Salvadoran military during that country’s civil war of abducting the children of poor campesinos...
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