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Touchpoints: A Writer's Truth

Beth Kaplan

A writer in mid-career — what's working, what's not, craft, process, success and defeat, what she’s trying to accomplish, and what she has given up on.

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    Beth Kaplan is the author of five books: a biography, two memoirs, and a guide to creative writing that's the textbook for the nonfiction writing courses she teaches at U of T. Her latest book is Midlife Solo, a memoir-in-essays. www.bethkaplan.ca.

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