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Tara Wine-Queen

My name is Tara Wine-Queen and I have been telling stories for as long as I can recall. When I am not, and often when I am, I am teaching, playing with my children, or making out with my husband.

One More Thing to Make You Proud

My grandmother, called Nanny, was magic. She saw everything good. If there was an ounce of goodness to be found, no matter how much flesh or how many years of disappointment and weariness it was hidden beneath, she could find that light, and she did. Once found, she would study it shrewdly but briefly, take in its shapes and test the sturdiness of its walls. She learned its contours, and then, sometimes with great delicacy, and sometimes with a great reckless enthusiasm, she would stretch it until those whose eyes were less suited to light-catching could see it, as well, and bask in the warmth of its wholesomeness. Read more.

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