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Deirdre Fagan

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Dr. Deirdre Fagan is the award-winning author of a poetry collection, Phantom Limbs (2023); a memoir, Find a Place for Me: Embracing Love and Life in the Face of Death (2022), a short story collection, The Grief Eater (2020), a chapbook of poetry, Have Love (2019), and a reference book, Critical Companion to Robert Frost (2007). A creative writer and literary scholar whose work has recently been featured on NPR, ABC, and CBS stations, Fagan’s writing has appeared widely in literary and scholarly journals, anthologies, and encyclopedias, as well as magazines and newspapers. She is a widow, wife, mother of two, and professor and coordinator of creative writing at Ferris State University. Meet her at deirdrefagan.com

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	Find a Place for Me 4.81 avg rating — 75 ratings — 3 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	We Will Not Be Silenced: The Lived Experience of Sexual Harassment and Sexual Assault Told Powerfully Through Poetry, Prose, Essay, and Art by Christine E. Ray (Goodreads Author) (Editor), Kindra M. Austin (Goodreads Author) (Editor), Candice Louisa Daquin (Goodreads Author) (Editor) 4.60 avg rating — 68 ratings — 2 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
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	Stained: an anthology of writing about menstruation by Rachel Neve-Midbar (Editor), Jennifer Saunders (Goodreads Author) (Editor), Kelly Russel Agadon (Contributor) 4.30 avg rating — 20 ratings — published 2023 — 4 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
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	Critical Companion to Robert Frost: A Literary Reference to His Life And Work it was amazing 5.00 avg rating — 3 ratings — published 2007 — 4 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
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Love, Grief, & Happiness Now

It's almost the one year anniversary of my newsletter, Love, Grief, & Happiness Now. The topic for January is nourishing the self. Sign up now to receive it! https://tinyletter.com/deirdrefagan

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Not My Type: One Woman vs. a President

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The Events of October": Murder-Suicide on a Small Campus (Painted Turtle Press)

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