HeyJaredAmra's Armchair Anecdotes
Welcome to Amra’s Armchair Anecdotes! I’m Amra Pajalić—writer, teacher, and storyteller. Pull up a chair, and let’s dive into stories about writing, life, and lessons learned—sharing wisdom from my armchair to yours. https://linktr.ee/amrapajalicauthor
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38-Whose Story Got Left Off the Charts? Reclaiming the History of R&B Groups, interviewing Amani Roberts (opens the original)
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Bum Glue and Backlists: 7 Lessons on the Writing Life from Elisabeth Storrs (opens the original)
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37-Persistence, Patience, Practice, Passion: Elisabeth Storrs on the Writer's Life (opens the original)
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Forget the Rules, Keep the Discipline: What 25 Years of Rejection Taught Jim Shomos (opens the original)
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Book Review: Zadie Ma and the dog who danced with the Moon by Gabrielle Wang (opens the original)
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Most of what I read is for pleasure, but this one was for work. I’m a teacher, and my department is choosing a novel for Year 7 EAL (English as an Additional Language). We don’t get to pick texts alone — everyone reads the candidates and we vote as a department, because you never know which one you’ll end up teaching, so you want a say.Zadie Ma and the Dog Who Chased the Moon is set in 1950s Melbourne. Zadie Ma lives above the milk bar her family runs. Her mother is overworked, juggling Zadie, h
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