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Donna Talarico

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Donna Talarico is founder and publisher of Hippocampus Magazine -- and its annual conference (HippoCamp) and book division.

Now an independent writer and content marketing consultant, she previously enjoyed careers in higher education, radio, newspapers, and ecommerce. Donna's been published in a variety of publications, including higher education trade magazines and alumni magazines, and she also has work forthcoming or published in literary and mainstream publications including mental_floss, The Guardian, The LA Times, The Writer, The Los Angeles Review, and others.

She's working on a memoir called Door to Door. ...more

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	Selected Memories: Five Years of Hippocampus Magazine 4.75 avg rating — 12 ratings	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
	Dine: An Anthology by Donna Talarico (Goodreads Author), Lisa Allen (Contributor) 4.17 avg rating — 6 ratings	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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	Kids, have you seen my backpack ? and Other Inspirational Stories of Non-Traditional Students: An Adult Learner Anthology 3.80 avg rating — 5 ratings — published 2005 — 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
	Wilkes University by Donna Talarico (Goodreads Author), Kelly Carey (Editor), Matt Hamman (Editor) really liked it 4.00 avg rating — 1 rating — published 2007	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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	"Kids, Have You Seen My Backpack...?" and Other Inspirational Stories of Non-Traditional Students 0.00 avg rating — 0 ratings — published 2005	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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June 30, 1993 & 2023: Ramblings on an Anniversary That Shouldn’t Be

This is probably the most personal and vulnerable thing I’ve shared, but here goes. I cross-posted this to my Substack. [You can subscribe to that here!] *** [as the title implies, these are very much rambling thoughts that could one day transform into a proper essay or two, but I share these raw—very raw—thoughts as

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“Simply put, I love books, physical books. I own so many--many of which I have not read (yet). I just need to have them . On shelves. In piles. In random conference tote bags. Paper magazines and newspapers too. Some call it clutter. I call it cozy. It's comforting to know I am surrounded by pages of stories. And, thus, by storytellers.”
― Donna Talarico, Selected Memories: Five Years of Hippocampus Magazine

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“Technology allows more people to tell more stories in more ways. Storytelling knows no boundaries. I believe print and web can work beautifully together.”
― Donna Talarico, Selected Memories: Five Years of Hippocampus Magazine

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“Twitter mentions are the new radio shout-out! (from a HighEdWeb social media presentation in 2011)”
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