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	<title>Papergirl: A Memoir by Donna Talarico</title>
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		<title>Break from Blogging &#8211; at least *this* blog.</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 14 Dec 2009 02:28:08 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Donna Talarico</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Hello! Today is December 12, 2009. Thanks for stopping by. I haven&#8217;t updated this blog in a while, and rather than let it just have that last post sit, I wanted to explain the hiatus in case you are visiting &#8230; <a href="http://papergirlmemoir.wordpress.com/2009/12/13/break-from-blogging-at-least-this-blog/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a><img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=papergirlmemoir.wordpress.com&amp;blog=7648014&amp;post=231&amp;subd=papergirlmemoir&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Jeneatte Walls Talks About The Glass Castle-</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 10 Jul 2009 05:40:06 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Donna Talarico</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Although I had already started my memoir before a friend told me about The Glass Castle, it quickly became one of my biggest inspirations. (I had told my friend what my memoir was about, and she quickly said, &#8220;Oh my &#8230; <a href="http://papergirlmemoir.wordpress.com/2009/07/09/jeneatte-walls-talks-about-the-glass-castle/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a><img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=papergirlmemoir.wordpress.com&amp;blog=7648014&amp;post=220&amp;subd=papergirlmemoir&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Surprise in the Mail: Video from 1988- Pocono Mountain Jamboree and Tom Chapin Benefit</title>
		<link>http://papergirlmemoir.wordpress.com/2009/07/05/207/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 05 Jul 2009 21:36:35 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Donna Talarico</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[(Embedded video coming- need to get in proper format to work with WordPress.  For now, please go here.) Wow. Tony T. &#8211; the father (one of my two) I was reunited with a few weeks ago- just mailed me a &#8230; <a href="http://papergirlmemoir.wordpress.com/2009/07/05/207/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a><img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=papergirlmemoir.wordpress.com&amp;blog=7648014&amp;post=207&amp;subd=papergirlmemoir&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>MFA Thesis Paper Done.  Now, a Scavenger Hunt.</title>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 20 Jun 2009 20:08:21 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Donna Talarico</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Ah.  Relief.  I presented my MFA thesis paper this morning&#8211; Survival in Childhood Memoir: Propelling Story by Building Character.  It was a chore to cut down a 20 page paper to a fluid 15-minute presentation, but I think it turned &#8230; <a href="http://papergirlmemoir.wordpress.com/2009/06/20/mfa-thesis-paper-done-now-a-scavenger-hunt/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a><img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=papergirlmemoir.wordpress.com&amp;blog=7648014&amp;post=174&amp;subd=papergirlmemoir&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Talking to Strangers is Fun</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 19 Jun 2009 12:12:30 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Donna Talarico</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[My parents were never the kind of people to buy into the &#8220;Don&#8217;t talk to strangers&#8221; philosophy.  After all, while they were on stage performing, I took off around the venue talking to whoever I could.  Then, as a teenager, &#8230; <a href="http://papergirlmemoir.wordpress.com/2009/06/19/talking-to-strangers-is-fun/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a><img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=papergirlmemoir.wordpress.com&amp;blog=7648014&amp;post=172&amp;subd=papergirlmemoir&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Quote that really says a lot about nature vs. nurture, etc.</title>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 14 Jun 2009 05:57:23 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Donna Talarico</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[I found this quote last year from a sociologist and I included it in my first draft of the memoir, which is bound as my MA thesis.  Thought I would share it here: The route through childhood is shaped by &#8230; <a href="http://papergirlmemoir.wordpress.com/2009/06/13/quote-that-really-says-a-lot-about-nature-vs-nurture-etc/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a><img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=papergirlmemoir.wordpress.com&amp;blog=7648014&amp;post=170&amp;subd=papergirlmemoir&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Survival in Childhood Memoir: Building Character</title>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 13 Jun 2009 23:30:57 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Donna Talarico</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Whew.  My MFA thesis is done.  Nearly 42 pages if you count the annotated bibliography.  When I began the MFA and created my reading list from 100 or so memoirs on the approved list from Wilkes, I had originally wanted &#8230; <a href="http://papergirlmemoir.wordpress.com/2009/06/13/survival-in-childhood-memoir-building-character/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a><img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=papergirlmemoir.wordpress.com&amp;blog=7648014&amp;post=163&amp;subd=papergirlmemoir&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>The Rear-View Mirror is Now My Windshield&#8230;. A Reunion &amp; a New Beginning</title>
		<link>http://papergirlmemoir.wordpress.com/2009/06/01/the-rear-view-mirror-is-now-my-windshield-a-reunion/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 02 Jun 2009 03:03:37 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Donna Talarico</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[14 years. That&#8217;s about half my life.  And that&#8217;s how long it had been since I&#8217;ve seen Tony Talarico.  I don&#8217;t want to get too emotional in a blog post or anything right now, but I feel I have to &#8230; <a href="http://papergirlmemoir.wordpress.com/2009/06/01/the-rear-view-mirror-is-now-my-windshield-a-reunion/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a><img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=papergirlmemoir.wordpress.com&amp;blog=7648014&amp;post=139&amp;subd=papergirlmemoir&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>A Taste of the Past: Clearly Canadian Clearly One of My Favorite Drinks in the Early 90s</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 13 May 2009 04:28:16 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Donna Talarico</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[I just received some feedback from a slew of pages on my memoir draft.  One of my mentor&#8217;s comments referred to a drink I spoke about twice in the draft.  Once was when I said a Bartles &#38; James wine &#8230; <a href="http://papergirlmemoir.wordpress.com/2009/05/13/a-taste-of-the-past-clearly-canadian-clearly-one-of-my-favorite-drinks-in-the-early-90s/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a><img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=papergirlmemoir.wordpress.com&amp;blog=7648014&amp;post=125&amp;subd=papergirlmemoir&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>I Forget People Know the Story Sometimes&#8230; Memoirs contain other people&#8217;s memories, too!</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 11 May 2009 04:39:34 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Donna Talarico</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[One of the things that has helped me really get into the meat of my memoir is thinking objectively.  I have been thinking of my friends and relatives in the book more as characters than real people.  It has helped &#8230; <a href="http://papergirlmemoir.wordpress.com/2009/05/11/i-forget-people-know-the-story-sometimes-memoirs-contain-other-peoples-memories-too/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a><img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=papergirlmemoir.wordpress.com&amp;blog=7648014&amp;post=116&amp;subd=papergirlmemoir&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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