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Mira Ptacin

Mira Ptacin
Mira Ptacin is the author of the award-winning memoir Poor Your Soul, which was named a best book of the year by Kirkus Books, where it received a rare “starred” review. She’s also the author of the genre-blending book of feminist history, memoir, and ethnography, The In-Betweens: The Spiritualists, Mediums, and Legends of Camp Etna, which the New York Times lauded as the best book to read during a pandemic. She received her MFA from Sarah Lawrence College, where she was editor-at-large of their literary magazine, LUMINA. Mira lives on Peaks Island, Maine, and is currently working on her next book. www.miramptacin.com
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The Hard Art of Seeing Your Own Writing Through Rose-Colored Glasses

Mira Ptacin on Transforming One’s Inner Critic
July 22, 2024  By Mira Ptacin
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Anna Noyes on How Residencies and New Routines Create New Neural Pathways (and Help You Write Better)

Mira Ptacin in Conversation with the Author of “The Blue Maiden”
May 23, 2024  By Mira Ptacin
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Three Questions You Need to Answer as a Children’s Book Writer

Mira Ptacin on Motherhood, Jon J. Muth's “The Three Questions,” and the Value of Learning to Live Moment to Moment
March 11, 2024  By Mira Ptacin
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Philosophy is for Everyone: A Conversation with Arianne Shahvisi

The Author of Arguing for a Better World Talks to Mira Ptacin About the Intersection of Philosophy and Social Justice
August 8, 2023  By Mira Ptacin
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Don’t Boss It Around: Abigail Thomas on Writer’s Block, Confronting Fear, and the Joys of Aging

The Author of Still Life at Eighty in Conversation with Mira Ptacin
May 15, 2023  By Mira Ptacin
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“I Did Not Get Anywhere Until I Became a True Literary Citizen.” Courtney Maum on Making a Writing Career

The Author of The Year of the Horses Talks to Mira Ptacin
July 18, 2022  By Mira Ptacin
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“The Uterus and the American Dream.” Art-Making and Domestic Labor in Bergman Island

Mira Ptacin on Mia Hansen-Løve’s New Film
January 21, 2022  By Mira Ptacin
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On the Fleeting Wonder of Youth and the Surreal Permanence of Motherhood

Mira Ptacin Reflects on the Vulnerabilities of New Parenthood
December 9, 2021  By Mira Ptacin
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The Woman Who Ran for President Before Women
Could Vote

Mira Ptacin on the Ambitions of Victoria Woodhull
February 10, 2021  By Mira Ptacin
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How Harry Houdini Became the Champion of Mother’s Day

Mira Ptacin on Magic, Mediums, and Mothers
May 8, 2020  By Mira Ptacin
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Hard Truth and Deep Trauma Behind Bars

Teaching Memoir Writing to the Women of the Maine Correctional Facility
March 24, 2016  By Mira Ptacin
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