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I volunteered for several years as a writing mentor with exiled writers in London through an organization called Freedom From Torture (formerly The Medical Foundation for the Care of Victims of Torture) and before that, when I had a job, I used to donate money every month through my salary. The people I met through…
The inspiration for this story is very personal. I was in a minor fender bender several years ago that literally changed my life. I was driving south on La Brea Avenue, and stopped at a traffic light at the intersection of La Brea and Hollywood Boulevard. As anybody who lives in Los Angeles knows, it…
I call my approach to writing “literature through disaster.” I’ve always written. I wrote professionally and academically before starting any kind of literary career. People who received my letters said, “You write so well, you should be a writer.” It’s a long step between “you should be a writer” and completing a manuscript. I wrote…
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