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Writing Prompt: An Inheritance from My Mother: Emily Dickinson

Sarah Raleigh Kilts is a proud member of the amazing Motherlode Writers Group (I love you guys!). Her writing has been published in Common Ties. Following her passions led her to discover a new career that's tons of fun -- as an elementary school music teacher to 220 fabulous 3rd 4th and 5th graders she gets to share her love of music and world culture with a captive -- though often wiggly and giggly -- audience. She lives with her family in the San Francisco Bay Area and can sometimes be found (even on school nights!) performing in local watering holes plucking the bass and singing with her hubby Thom in their Indie Rock duo, Diablo's Dust. Three of their albums are currently available on iTunes.

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Writing Prompt: An Inheritance from My Mother: Emily Dickinson

By Sarah Raleigh Kilts

August 2, 2008

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In this month's "An Inheritance From My Mother: Emily Dickinson," Vivian Morrow Jones writes about how it took many decades for her to understand her mother's affinity for Dickinson's work.

What literary inheritances have you received from your family and/or loved ones? What might you pass on to the next generation?

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