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Prompt #10 Childhood

Prompt #10 Childhood

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Suzanne Roberts
Mar 11, 2022
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Hi Friends,

So many of the prompts I come up with for both my students and my own writing come from reading. I just finished the most extraordinary book: Girlhood by Melissa Febos. It’s a smart and beautiful book about what it means to grow up in this world as a girl. It’s so well researched and well written. In the first essay, she writes about attending a particularly painful childhood birthday party. Haven’t we all been to (or had) one of these parties?

For this exercise, I’m borrowing from Febos. And you should read her new book!

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