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Struggling to Mine Family History for My Novel

Struggling to Mine Family History for My Novel

Roxana Robinson on Capturing Her Great-grandfather in Fiction

By Roxana Robinson | May 24, 2019

Writers, Veterans, Citizens Take to the Halls of Congress

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Roxana Robinson Heads to Washington to See What Democracy Looks Like

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Donald Trump: Making the Word 'Pussy' Great Again, Bigly

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Roxana Robinson on the Reclamatory Power of the Women's March

By Roxana Robinson | January 25, 2017

Against Lolita

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By Roxana Robinson | September 16, 2015

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