Maggie Messitt

Writers Who Read: Lynn Kanter

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The Writers Who Read series continues this week with Lynn Kanter. Who are you? I’m the author of Her Own Vietnam, a novel about a woman who served as a U.S. Army nurse in Vietnam, and 30 years later must grapple with her history on the eve of the war in Iraq. The book was … [Read more…]

Writers Who Read: Maggie Messitt

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The Writers Who Read series continues this week with Maggie Messitt. Who are you? Hi—I’m Maggie Messitt, author of The Rainy Season: Three Lives in the New South Africa. I lived in rural northeastern South Africa for eight years during which time I was an editor, journalist, and the founding director of a writing school … [Read more…]