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The Writing Room: Writing Tips from Jasmin Darznik of “Good Daughter” Fame

November 9, 2011 By Barbara Falconer Newhall

Jasmin Darznik, author of "The Good Daughter" | Photo by Sarah Cramer Shields

Writing tips from Jasmin Darznik: “The big lie of memoir is that the story ends.” Read more.

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Inside Pentwater’s Antler Bar — A Beer Too Many

Bar, Pentwater, Michigan, with an antler for a doorknob. Photo by Barbara Newhall

I went inside the Antler Bar in Pentwater, Michigan, and there I had one too many. Read more.

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