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Pamela Petro

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in Glen Ridge, NJ, The United States

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https://www.pamelapetro.com

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Nonfiction, Memoir, Travel

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Pamela writes books and essays, takes photos--which she sometimes prints on rocks, or purposely shoots out of focus by moving her camera- teaches, and lives with her partner (and forthcoming puppy!) in Northampton, MA. Her new book is called The Long Field - A Memoir, Wales, and the Presence of Absence. It's about how the small country of Wales became a big part of her life. When she's not writing, making art, traveling to Wales--or just traveling--or reading, cooking, playing tennis, and writing emails, she teaches Creative Nonfiction on Lesley University's MFA in Creative Writing Program and at Smith College. She's also Co-Director of the Dylan Thomas Summer School in Creative Writing (open to everyone!) at the University of Wales Trinity ...more

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	The Long Field - A Memoir, Wales, and the Presence of Absence 4.03 avg rating — 72 ratings — 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
	Travels in an Old Tongue: Touring the World Speaking Welsh 3.86 avg rating — 66 ratings — published 1997 — 5 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
	Sitting Up With the Dead: A Storied Journey Through the American South 3.84 avg rating — 43 ratings — published 2002 — 13 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
	The Long Field: Wales and the Presence of Absence, a Memoir 3.88 avg rating — 17 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
	The Slow Breath of Stone: A Romanesque Love Story 4.67 avg rating — 9 ratings — published 2006 — 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
	The Newport & Narragansett Bay Book: A Complete Guide : with Block Island (The Great Destinations Series) really liked it 4.00 avg rating — 1 rating — published 1994 — 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
	Great Destinations Newport and Narragansett Bay Book 0.00 avg rating — 0 ratings — published 1998	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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Pamela Petro said: " Annie Garthwaite's Cecily Neville--the ambitious, brilliant, fierce, yet deeply vulnerable wife of a duke and mother of a king--is one of the most unforgettable characters I've encountered in literature in a long time. Garthwaite gives us access to h ...more "

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“Hiraeth, of course, is a long field with four corners: incompleteness, memory, imagination, and love. It all starts with love.”
― Pamela Petro, The Long Field: Wales and the Presence of Absence, a Memoir

tags: absence, belonging, human-condition, longing, loss, yearning

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