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‘Waiting for Neruda’s Memoirs’ and Literary Citizenship

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‘Waiting for Neruda’s Memoirs’ by Laura Boggess shows us how to be a literary citizen in our own little corner of the world. Meet Amy Pinkleberry.

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Waiting for Neruda’s Memoirs—It’s Here!

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Lyrical and whimsical writer Laura Boggess brings us a sweetly inspiring story of one woman’s quest to put her life back together. Poetry plays a part. But not before a book gets delivered to the wrong house on a windy, impossible day.

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Waiting for Neruda’s Memoirs

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Lyrical and whimsical writer Laura Boggess brings us a sweetly inspiring story of one woman’s quest to put her life back together. Poetry plays a part. But not before a book gets delivered to the wrong house on a windy, impossible day.

Neruda’s Memoirs

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Intimate yet restrained, Doallas’s poems are like love notes that bear grief, struggle, and history—laced with delightful surprises of wit and hope. Words About Neruda’s Memoirs “A prescient, elegant meal for the soul, not to be missed.” —Jenne R. Andrews, author of Reunion “Maureen E. Doallas was inspired to write by tending and grieving her […]

Neruda’s Memoirs, endorsed by Oprah Best Summer Reads author Deborah Henry

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Winner of “Neruda’s Memoirs: Poems”

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We have a winner in our giveaway of

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Talking with Maureen Doallas about “Neruda’s Memoirs”

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An interview with poet Maureen Doallas, about her background and poetic history, going into the publishing of her first book ‘Neruda’s Memoirs.’

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Diane Walker Reads Title Poem “Neruda’s memoirs”

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Diane Walker, a friend of poet Maureen Doallas, reads the title poem from Maureen’s recently published Neruda’s Memoirs: Poems. (Diane created the video, too.)

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“Neruda’s Memoirs” by Maureen Doallas

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Maureen Doallas is a regular participant in our poetry jams on Twitter, and the author of blog Writing Without Paper. Her online eye ranges over a vast array of art, poetry and culture, and she freely shares what she she finds with the rest of us. T.S. Poetry Press has just published (“just” as in […]

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Neruda’s Memoirs, Sneak Preview

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We’ve got a cover for Maureen E. Doallas’s upcoming poetry collection, Neruda’s Memoirs. And here’s an excerpt of the title poem (Neruda’s Memoirs 🙂 ) … 2 Neruda said the closest thing to poetry is a loaf of bread or a ceramic dish or a piece of wood lovingly carved. So he poured his words […]

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Poetry and Healing: “Waiting for Neruda’s Memoirs” by Laura Boggess

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The novella “Waiting for Neruda’s Memoirs” by Laura Boggess tells a story of a woman haunted by voices and healed through the power of poetry.

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“Neruda’s Memoirs: Poems” by Maureen Doallas

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You know how it can be with expectations. You wait and wait and wait for something, and then when it comes, you feel slightly deflated, because the expectation was bigger than the reality. That didn’t happen with Neruda’s Memoirs: Poems by Maureen Doallas. In fact, just the opposite happened. The reality exceeded my expectations, and […]

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Maureen Doallas

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Author of Neruda’s Memoirs, Maureen Doallas supports Tweetspeak Poetry because it makes poetry reading and writing fun.

Year of the Monarch—A Visit to Craik-Patton House

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Laura Boggess visits Craik-Patton House for a garden party and shares about the Year of the Monarch project.

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Year of the Monarch: Butterfly Dreams

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Laura Boggess dreams of the the monarch’s annual migration and wonders poetically if the monarchs, also, dream of her.

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Year of the Monarch: Harvesting and Planting Milkweed Seeds

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Fall is the best time to plant milkweed seeds. Laura Boggess has tips to plant your seeds and help sustain the monarch butterfly.

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Year of the Monarch: The Native Wildflowers Formerly Known as Weeds

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Author Laura Boggess discovers the beauty—and necessity—of letting native wildflowers like milkweed grow in her yard to bring back the monarchs.

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The Honey Field-1

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Read the first installment in a delightful new serial novel by Mildred’s Garden author Laura Boggess. Then check back every two weeks for more!

Filed Under: Earth Song, Nature Poems, The Honey Field

Fiction Saved My Life: A NaNoWriMo Interview With Author Laura Boggess

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Why write fiction? And how can you promote it if you’re an author? Catch this inspiring NaNoWriMo interview with author Laura Boggess.

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Poet Laura: Replenishing the Imagination

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Writers need to fill the imagination tank now and then. Our Poet Laura takes us for a long drive to find a feast for the eyes.

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