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• Finding My Voice, Owning My Story

  December 3, 2007

  • At a certain point I had this breakthrough—I was really blocked, and I started saying this thing to myself: ‘You're the only person who can write this story.’ And that signaled more confidence in my voice. I stopped trying to write like other writers, all of whom were male, and just learned to be myself on the page. –Me, quoted on Salon.com, June 15th, 1999
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