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Human Parts

Eileen Pollack

Oct 16, 2019

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The Draft

How to Tell the Truth

In creative nonfiction, how much of your life can you embellish?

Welcome to The Draft, an advice column about writing and life from Eileen Pollack, former director of the University of Michigan MFA Program. We’re here to answer your questions about storycraft, writing, and telling the truth in words.

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