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The Chapter One Project from Marsh Hawk Press features the memoirs of outstanding poets from diverse backgrounds, recalling the ways by which they found their start as writers. While creative writing programs seek to develop the talents of maturing writers, essential information about the development of the writing craft will be discovered in the early memoirs—the Chapter One’s—of established poets published in this series. |
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ÂChapter One Essay for February:Denise Duhamel: “In Praise of Colette Inez’s ‘Pay Yourself First’”In 1990 I had the pleasure of reading with Colette Inez in a library in Tarrytown, NY. We bonded immediately—we were both wearing all black. We both had (dyed) red hair. We were both Geminis with June birthdays. We were both of French heritage. Colette had a French mother and French-American father who was really a Father (a priest!) which deserves its own essay, of course, and of which she wrote brilliant poems and a heart wrenching memoir The Secret of M. Dulong. [Read more….] |
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