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Catherine Kapphahn’s Immigrant Daughter: Stories You Never Told Me received The Center for Fiction’s Christopher Doheny Award. She has also received artist grants from the Queens Council on the Arts. Her writing has appeared in Astoria Magazine, the Feminist Press Anthology This is the Way We Say Goodbye, CURE Magazine, and SalonZine. She earned an M.F.A. in writing from Columbia University and B.A. from Hunter College. Catherine is an adjunct lecturer at City University of New York at Lehman College in the Bronx, where her students’ brave stories continue to inspire her. Catherine also is a yoga teacher. She grew up in near the mountains in Colorado and now lives between two bridges in Queens, New York with her husband and two sons.

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Catherine Kapphahn I try to break things down into little pieces. I tell myself, today before the kids wake up, I'll do one piece of research, or write one scene, or rev…moreI try to break things down into little pieces. I tell myself, today before the kids wake up, I'll do one piece of research, or write one scene, or revise one piece. I think it is easy to get overwhelmed by everything, so I try to really narrow my focus and tackle one thing. I often make lists of images, or details, or sensations, and then weave them into stories.(less)

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Catherine Kapphahn What has surprised me the most about writing Immigrant Daughter: Stories You Never Told Me is that when I was struggling with certain things, somehow …moreWhat has surprised me the most about writing Immigrant Daughter: Stories You Never Told Me is that when I was struggling with certain things, somehow people magically appeared in my life and helped me get through the rough patches. It was incredible to connect with different people, some who weren't writers, and have them go on the journey with me. We got teary together, we laughed together, we sang together, and I was so moved that they cared so much about my mom's story.

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