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I’ve updated events page to include upcoming appearances at the Pratt Writers’ Forum, Jerusalem International Book Fair, and 2013 AWP Conference, and a reading from the anthology What My Mother Gave Me, at Greenlight Books.

Later updated to say: I just saw Kirkus’ nice bit of praise for my essay, “Mess Up Your Mind,” from the anthology (now a New York Times bestseller!): “Maud Newton writes about how she and her mother circle each other warily, their orbits held by a love of literature.” We’ve had some bumpy times, mama and me, but I

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