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Mary Gordon

It was actually a women's writing group I belonged to in graduate school that gave me the courage to move from poetry to fiction.

Mary Gordon

Poetry

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Mary Gordon is saying that being part of a group of women writers during her graduate studies helped her feel confident enough to switch from writing poetry to writing stories. The support and encouragement she received there made her willing to try a different form of writing.

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