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She began to keep a journal, as her adoptive mother had her do when she was a child. After she started receiving a disability pension she was able to teach, write, do readings, and follow her true passion: writing. She published works such as "Nine Poems," and "Good Grease." Much of her work follows the themes of spirituality of Native and ...
The Adoption Papers is the debut poetry collection by the Scottish poet Jackie Kay. It was published in 1991 by Bloodaxe Books. It won the Forward Prize for best first collection. [1] The poems are autobiographical and relate Kay's adoption from three different perspectives, from that of her own, her mother's and her birth mother. [1] [2]
Her adoptive father worked for the Communist Party full-time and stood for Member of Parliament, [8] and her adoptive mother was the Scottish secretary of Campaign for Nuclear Disarmament. As a child, Kay suffered racism from children and teachers at school. [ 10 ]
Cathy Terkanian, a retired nurse, is Aundria Bowman’s biological mother. She was 16 when she gave birth to Aundria in 1974 and put her up for adoption in the state of Virginia at the urging of ...
After putting her baby doll in her cradle, Greta, 3, gives her new Mom Tammy Bass a big kiss. Tammy Bass is 48-years-old and divorced. She lost one biological son to the war in Iraq, had a still ...
Elaine DePrince (née DiGiacomo, August 6, 1947 – September 11, 2024) was an American author, hemophilia activist, teacher, and advocate of adoptive parenting.The mother of 11 children, she is best known as the adoptive mother of ballet star Michaela DePrince and the co-author of her memoir, Taking Flight: From War Orphan to Star Ballerina (2014).
Judith Arcana is an American writer of poems, stories, essays and books. She was a teacher for forty years and her writing has appeared in journals and anthologies since the early 1980s. She was a teacher for forty years and her writing has appeared in journals and anthologies since the early 1980s.
Becky Birtha (born October 11, 1948) is an American poet and children's author who lives in the greater Philadelphia area. [1] She is best known for her poetry and short stories depicting African-American and lesbian relationships, often focusing on topics such as interracial relationships, emotional recovery from a breakup, single parenthood and adoption.