Desperate Writer: A Magazine for Creatives
Rachel Rose, Antônio Xerxenesky, Anne Marie Corrigan, The Mulligan MethodDESPERATE WRITER is a magazine for creatives about art, writing and culture. SHOCKY'S CORNER is for poetry; PEN & PAINT is for writers and artists, FOR THE RECORD is for essays, and LETTERS TO POTENTIAL FRIENDS is literature with a Brazilian twist.
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Claire Mulligan here, with my second column for Desperate Writer.
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The Legion of Honour Ceremony in Paris for Catherine Fieschi, May 2026
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Award-winning poet turned award-winning fiction writer. In the best book club in town. Woods walker, ocean swimmer, avid reader. Interested in everything to do with books and those who read and write them.
Escritor, professor, tradutor, editor.
Writer, poet, bon-vivant
I am a novelist, screenwriter, and editor. I also teach creative writing at Uvic Continuing Education in Langford, BC and offer online writing courses at mulliganmethod.ca
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