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Biography: Vivian Maier Developed, by Ann Marks - a revealing and beautiful biography about the mysterious caregiver who left behind a trove of her own art.

Biography: Vivian Maier Developed, by Ann Marks - a revealing and beautiful biography about the mysterious caregiver who left behind a trove of her own art. | Writers & Books | Scoop.it
 
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Reflections: Novelist Jac Jemc on finding inspiration in haunted houses and the photography of Roger Ballen

Reflections: Novelist Jac Jemc on finding inspiration in haunted houses and the photography of Roger Ballen | Writers & Books | Scoop.it
The questions of where a story should go can be paralyzing, especially in the beginning, when anything is possible, and especially if you’re not the type of
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Jac Jemc is the author of My Only Wife, a finalist for the 2013 PEN / Robert W. Bingham Prize for Debut Fiction and winner of the Paula Anderson Book Award, and the short story collection A Different Bed Every Time. She has been the recipient of two Illinois Arts Council Professional Development Grants, and in 2014 was named one of 25 Writers to Watch by the Guild Literary Complex and one of Newcity’s Lit 50 in Chicago. She recently completed a stint as the writer in residence at the University of Notre Dame and currently teaches at Northeastern Illinois University and StoryStudio Chicago, as well as online at Writers & Books and the Loft Literary Center, and she is the web nonfiction editor for Hobart.
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