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Posted on August 2, 2022August 2, 2022 by bernicke

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Hey Friends, I have a bit of good news to pass along: Departure Stories has been named a finalist in the Autobiography and Memoir category for the Foreword INDIES award:www.forewordreviews.com/awards/finalists/2022/autobiography-and-memoir/Winners will be announced in June. You can read the full press release here: www.forewordreviews.com/awards/finalists/2022/press-release/ ... See MoreSee Less

2022 Foreword INDIES Finalists Press Release

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These are the best of the best, the cream of the crop, the cherries on top a metaphorical ice cream sundae of indie books. The finalists of the 2022 Foreword INDIES Book of the Year Awards.

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Those of you who have read my newest book know that I am fascinated my memory. Here is the opening paragraph from a recent review by Gavin Francis in the NY Review of Books discussing two recently published books on memory:When Jorge Luis Borges was asked if he’d forgiven the Peronists of Argentina, he replied, “Forgetting is the only form of forgiveness; it’s the only vengeance and the only punishment too.” For Borges, forgiveness and vengeance were siblings because both make use of oblivion—as does the creation of art. “You should go in for a blending of the two elements, memory and oblivion,” he wrote of artistic creation, “and we call that imagination.” Kierkegaard agreed: “One who has perfected himself in the twin arts of remembering and forgetting is in a position to play at battledore and shuttlecock with the whole of existence.”The books being reviewed are Forgetting by Scott Small and A Primer for Forgetting by Lewis Hyde. Both are now on my reading list! ... See MoreSee Less

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I will be attending a fabulous writing conference in San Miguel de Allende, Mexico, next week. I'm so looking forward to it. A dear friend, featured in my first book, is one of the founders.sanmiguelmusesandmagic.com/2023/02/05/page-turner-18th-annual-sma-writers-conference-will-be-last... ... See MoreSee Less

Page turner: 18th annual SMA Writers Conference will be last for founder

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Founder and executive director of the San Miguel Writers Conference & Literary Festival Susan Page steps down this year. It seems hard to imagine, but there was a time when writers in San Migue...

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