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Personal Statements

Irena Smith, Cynthia W. Gentry

Essays about people, places, things, and petty grievances.

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Authors

The writers behind this newsletter.

  • Irena Smith

    Essayist, college admissions veteran, devotee of breathless run-ons and parenthetical asides.

  • Cynthia W. Gentry

    Accidental sex author now facing the empty nest and the AARP. Secret archaeology and art crime nerd. Loves a good em-dash. Reps: Stuti Telidevara and Peter Knapp at Park, Fine & Brower Literary Management.

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