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Blue

Emerging Writer Series

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Tina Essmaker
Oct 29, 2025
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Every two weeks or so I am publishing an essay from an emerging writer. This week, we are publishing “Blue” by Tina Essmaker. Tina is a writer working on a memoir about losing her mother at age ten and caregiving for her father and disabled twin brother. She has an MFA in Creative Nonfiction from Vermont College of Fine Arts and was a finalist for the 2…

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Writing a memoir about mother loss. MFA Vermont College of Fine Arts. Finalist 2023 Sewanee Review Fiction, Poetry, and Nonfiction Contest. Previous: Coach, EIC of The Great Discontent magazine, Social Worker.
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