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Marie-Jo Fortis

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Because she fell in love with an older man who lived in the United States, Marie-Jo Fortis had to face tremendous familial opposition and machinations. But she did cross the Atlantic with her guy, faith in the future and little more than the clothes on her back. As a result she got the 3 M: marriage, Maïa (the daughter) and a small menagerie.

Ah, and a Master’s in English lit that came a few years after studying at l’Ecole du Louvre and La Sorbonne Nouvelle in Paris. Her work has been published nationally and internationally in Freedom International, Poésie Première, Talus & Scree, and other periodicals. She also founded Collages & Bricolages, a literary magazine she edited for fifteen years.

Chainsaw Jane germinated from a couple of simple ...more

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I am not sure I want to see ONCE UPON A TIME IN HOLLYWOOD, but there is François-Xavier Sauvage’s enthusiastic review on Facebook, and then a fight with my husband. Barricaded behind a small popcorn, I wait. Should have bought a large. Hey, it’s a Tarentino movie, and I am not even wearing a hat to protect myself against the violence
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