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    Every Now and Then I Have Another Child
    Every Now and Then I Have Another Child
    Every Now and Then I Have Another Child
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    Every Now and Then I Have Another Child

    By Diane Brown

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    A mysterious doppelgnger sister, a newborn baby, a boy in a mural, a detective, a former lover, a student stalker ... are they real or imagined? Building on Diane Brown's tradition of extended poetic narratives, Every Now and Then I Have Another Child is an inventive and heartfelt meditation on motherhood, the creative impulse and the blurred line between imagination and reality. This delightful, evocative poetic narrative wafts between the truly surreal and the 'everyday' absurd.
    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherOtago University Press
    Release dateJul 15, 2021
    ISBN9781990048128
    Every Now and Then I Have Another Child
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    Diane Brown

    Diane Brown is a restaurant industry professional and proprietor of Intimate Catering. In addition to serving romantic meals to thousands of happy couples, she teaches aphrodisiac cooking classes. Her recipes can be found in Gourmet, Bon Appetit, Sunset and Love magazines. Diane lives in Los Angeles, California.

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