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At what point does a love of reading become the desire to write? In Writing as a Way of Healing: how telling our stories transforms our lives, Louise A. DeSalvo writes that many of us become writers due to something that happened in childhood: trauma, shocks such as loss, death, incest, violence, racism, homophobia, or just feeling misunderstood, outcast, other. At what point did this happen to me...
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transparencies of light 5.00 avg rating — 4 ratings
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2011
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Ceremonies of the Spirit 5.00 avg rating — 3 ratings
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Author appearance, February 25, 2012 04:00PM
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Author appearance, February 25, 2012 04:00PM
Mestizo Cafe, 1738 w 18th Street, Chicago, IL, US
http://www.wendybrownbaez.com
Vito Carli presents feature Wendy Brown-Baez, performance poet, and open mic
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First Woman, First Man (Poetry)
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two poems from my forthcoming chapbook
Gratitude (Poetry)
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updated Nov 21, 2010 04:05pm
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a poem to start the holiday season
Lies (Poetry)
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updated Mar 29, 2010 04:35pm
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a poem from my forthcoming book of poetry
Ceremonies of the Spirit
Beyond Grief (Biographies & Memoirs)
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excerpt from Beyond Grief: Writing Circles for Healing published in Sept 2008 The Chrysalis
Reader to read the entire story: www.swedenborg.com/chrysalis
Reasons (Poetry)
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This poem was written when I left Alejandro to come back to the states. Our anniversary of first meeting and our wedding day is October 6th. I post this in honor of our enduring love and in his memory.
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“We must sit on the rim
of the well of darkness
and fish for fallen light
with patience.
--Pablo Neruda”
― Wendy Brown-Baez
of the well of darkness
and fish for fallen light
with patience.
--Pablo Neruda”
― Wendy Brown-Baez
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| Constant Reader: Baptism by Wendy Brown-Báez | 2 | 55 | Jul 08, 2011 11:47am |
“We must sit on the rim
of the well of darkness
and fish for fallen light
with patience.
--Pablo Neruda”
― Wendy Brown-Baez
of the well of darkness
and fish for fallen light
with patience.
--Pablo Neruda”
― Wendy Brown-Baez
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