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Jennifer Semple Siegel: Memoirist, Short Story Writer, Novelist, Occasional Poet
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A Grave Digger in Search of a Body
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Drama: The Queen Bee (A Playlet)
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Essay: A Cautionary Tale (At 18 Did I REALLY Say That?)
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Ferry 'Cross the Mersey
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Fiction: "Are You EVER Going to be Thin?"
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Fiction: A Reporter Three Orioles and an Astronaut’s Family (The Grand Experiment)
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General Guidelines for Peer Reviewing Creative Works
Gerry and the Pacemakers
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Hey Hey little trollie
Hidden Rooms
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Horny Women at the Sewing Factory
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I Came I Saw I Kicked A$$ – and I Didn’t Die on December 5 1984
I Died on December 5 1984...
I Have COPD Goddammit...
In Waiting
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Iowa
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Ironclad Rules for Creative Writing
Jack Kerouac
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Memoir Madness: Caged (Prologue)
Memoir Madness: Driven to Involuntary Commitment
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Nonfiction: What is Woetry?
North Macedonia
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Nymph**Time
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October 6 2001
On My Husband's Retirement
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Over 50 Years Ago: Apollo 11 – First Men on the Moon. Where were You?
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Poetry: How Not to Send Out a Poem
Poetry: On Resubmitting Her Creation
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Poetry: Thy Daily Dread
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Running Away
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So You are Turning 30...Now What
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Street People (1969)
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Tell All the Truth
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The Deep Room
The Long Bio
The Pacemaker
The Politics of Memoir
The Politics of Memoir and the Making of Memoir Madness
The Room Where I Never Go
The Short Bio
The Trash Can of L.A.: A Reality Play
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Writing Exercise: The Objective Point of View
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