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September 2, 2013 By Michael Wuitchik Leave a Comment

Well that was something! People lining up, outside the doors. Fire regulations put the limit at 96. I can’t say how many attended…. some were turned away and many had to stand. Music by the fabulous The Eerie Green.  A table with copies of My Heart is Not My Own—lots of copies. Friends I haven’t […]

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Filed Under: Musings Tagged With: Betty Tenga, book launch party, eerie green, Michael Wuitchik's blog, My Heart is Not My Own, Penguin Canada, Sierra Leone

Back to the beginning….

June 21, 2012 By Michael Wuitchik 1 Comment

Thanks to my agent, Drea Cohane, My Heart Is Not My Own is finally getting into the hands of acquiring editors. And so my thoughts return to the beginning…. In 2000, during the civil war in Sierra Leone, I visited a refugee camp in Freetown. I remember several images from that trip, but one in […]

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