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by Ann Marie Bausch There is a famous family story about my husband as a little boy. At a gathering, a relative asked one of the only questions adults can think to ask of children: “So what do you want to be when you grow up?” Wes, five years…
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by Ann Marie Bausch When news of sexual assault allegations against author Junot Díaz broke in the spring of 2018, my first reaction was grief: Not him! Díaz was one of my favorite writers, an advocate for immigrants and the causes of the dispossessed worldwide, someone I felt I…
Animals / Creativity / Writing
In photos of cows and pigs, I began to see sentient souls looking back at me. I would lose my breath at the beauty I had never known to look for in “livestock.” I felt myself peering into the eyes of a goat and searching for a language other than English in which to communicate,…
My first short fiction publication was featured in Narrative Magazine in November 2017. Many thanks to the journal, and I hope you enjoy! “Michael gave up all pretense of liking his stepdaughter when she came home from the University of Virginia and, on the drive to visit his parents for Thanksgiving, started pointing out all…
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by Ann Marie Bausch I might never have discovered one of the most important books I’ve ever read if not for an unlikely ally: Fox News. In 2009, author Reza Aslan did an interview on the network to discuss his latest book, a history titled Zealot: The Life and…
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by Ann Marie Bausch 2016 was a year of profound change for me even before November 8th. My husband and I sold our house, quit our jobs, and moved to a new town to start fresh. I exited the traditional workforce and began writing and house-wife-ing full time. Craziest…
Your pain is important.
What I lost was religion, but faith was all around me.
We will find our country in each other.
When some of these animals die, researchers will find they have ingested more plastic than plankton or fish.
For me, it had a lot to do with glass houses.
Let’s start a hashtag revolution.
If I really had my way, there would be no “nations.”
Whether it’s a divorce, a lost loved one, or a place you’ve left behind, we all have one.
I do not intend to ask the black community to be my teachers.
Seeking and Speaking 