by Nikki Patin Often how we come to experience other people’s lives is not by learning facts about them, but by listening to how they...

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by Effy Redman Effy Redman’s powerful, beautifully-written memoir took me into a world I hadn’t known and couldn’t have imagined until...

by Cathy Shields My heart alternately broke and blossomed while reading Cathy’s Shields’ book, THE SHAPE OF NORMAL: MOTHERHOOD,...

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Martha Engber and Jennifer Lang What?! A second Vine Leaves Press fellow author meetup in less than a month? Yup! This time I met up with...

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by Melanie Brooks Silence as the result of shame and grief can brutalize a family. Such was the case for Melanie Brooks and her siblings...

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THE CAMERON JOURNAL PODCAST Interview with Martha Engber: Audio Video ___ “Our whole life is like the game Telephone.” That’s the line I...

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