Category Archives: Personal Narrative
After Clinking Champagne Glasses
You’ve counted down the clock and sang “Auld Lang Syne” at midnight, so now it’s [...]
Jan
The Windham Campbell Awards
“This spirit of generosity, as well as a love of literature and a profound sympathy [...]
Dec
Write In: High School Field Trips Offer Inspiration at AWM
Write In: High School Field Trips Offer Inspiration at the AWM by Georgia B. and [...]
Dec
Remembering Carrie Fisher, the Writer
Much has been written about Carrie Fisher since her untimely death from a heart attack at [...]
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Dec
Write In: Learning from Mistakes by Yesenia Sanchez
Yesenia and her classmates visited the AWM in November and participated in the Write In [...]
Dec
Erma Bombeck
With her usual wit and humor the writer Erma Bombeck wrote, “It’s frightening to wake [...]
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Dec
The Wow Factor: A Visit to Mark Twain’s Grand Mansion in Hartford
“This entry hall really has the ‘wow factor,’” our tour guide drily announces, gesturing at [...]
Nov
In the Footsteps of Louisa May Alcott
During a literary pilgrimage to Concord, Massachusetts a few years ago, I visited Orchard House, [...]
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Nov
Writing the American Immigrant Experience: Isaac Bashevis Singer
On every street in every city in America, there is a story on every face [...]
Laura Ingalls Wilder
“From your parents you learn love and laughter and how to put foot in front [...]
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Nov