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  • On Family Secrets
    On Family Secrets
    March 12, 2020

    On Family Secrets

    Why does my writing tend to focus on family secrets? In particular, on children trying to unearth secrets tied to their parents’ pasts? I’m often asked these questions during interviews. The first ...

  • Photo by Richard Riordan
    Photo by Richard Riordan
    June 27, 2019

    On Hanging Laundry

    I have an obsession with laundry hung on lines. The image literally stops me in my tracks. There’s so much thought put into the way the sleeves of shirts are pinned just close enough to the hem of a ...

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