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X-WR-CALDESC:Eileen Drennen\, a first mother and open records advocate\, ha
 s written about how losing her only child to adoption has affected all her
  relationships in essays and a memoir (tentatively titled ONCE REMOVED and
  currently out on submission). While she acknowledges the decades-long pro
 cess of researching\, reliving and revising a memoir about the things you 
 can’t change is not for the faint of heart\, she credits the process with 
 teaching her about the ways imagination and a sense of play can lighten th
 e heavy load of grief. She speaks about how unpacking generalized grief in
 to specific losses made it more real and how string theory and the idea of
  multiverses helped her tell a bigger story.\n\nAbout Eileen\nEileen Drenn
 en is a writer and editor who worked in newspapers for 27 years. She has a
 n MFA in Creative Writing from Queens University of Charlotte\, N.C.\, has
  taught critical writing at the college level and has presented at nationa
 l adoption-related conferences on topics related to her memoir-in-progress
 . Her writing has appeared in The Atlanta Journal-Constitution\, O\, The O
 prah Magazine and The Rumpus. One of her essays was nominated for a Pushca
 rt Prize and another is forthcoming in an anthology of essay forms.
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DESCRIPTION:Eileen Drennen\, a first mother and open records advocate\, has
  written about how losing her only child to adoption has affected all her 
 relationships in essays and a memoir (tentatively titled ONCE REMOVED and 
 currently out on submission). While she acknowledges the decades-long proc
 ess of researching\, reliving and revising a memoir about the things you c
 an’t change is not for the faint of heart\, she credits the process with t
 eaching her about the ways imagination and a sense of play can lighten the
  heavy load of grief. She speaks about how unpacking generalized grief int
 o specific losses made it more real and how string theory and the idea of 
 multiverses helped her tell a bigger story.\n\nAbout Eileen\nEileen Drenne
 n is a writer and editor who worked in newspapers for 27 years. She has an
  MFA in Creative Writing from Queens University of Charlotte\, N.C.\, has 
 taught critical writing at the college level and has presented at national
  adoption-related conferences on topics related to her memoir-in-progress.
  Her writing has appeared in The Atlanta Journal-Constitution\, O\, The Op
 rah Magazine and The Rumpus. One of her essays was nominated for a Pushcar
 t Prize and another is forthcoming in an anthology of essay forms.
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SUMMARY:VIRTUAL - The Long Shadow of Relinquishment: How to Find Light in t
 he Dark Places with Eileen Drennen
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