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Liesl Garner
Liesl Garner

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  • Much Ado About You
  • About Me
  • Writer’s Life
  • Work in Progress Back StoryThe manuscript is written for my new book. The road to publication can be long. This is where I will share the story of why I wrote this book, who I wrote it for, who might feel connected and seen through it, and what I learned in the process. I thought I was writing about menopause, and I was writing from within that lens. I am also a poet, and so it came out in surprising ways, and my muse had an entirely different direction and became insistent. Come along for the ride.
  • Narnia Beckons Me
  • Soul Candy
  • Favorites
  • Where I pulled over
  • Thoughtful
Liesl Garner

Liesl Garner

Poet/Writer - Book Published in December 2020, "Days of Soup and Holler." Current WIP, "UnRibboning." Like field notes from a poet through mother/daughter tension, menopause unraveling, midlife, a father dying and the vigil around that.

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Liesl Garner

Poet/Writer - Book Published in December 2020, "Days of Soup and Holler." Current WIP, "UnRibboning." Like field notes from a poet through mother/daughter tension, menopause unraveling, midlife, a father dying and the vigil around that. And the throughlines I didn't even realize until after the writing - were what was holding me through it all. My steady husband, my boys, the sky, our mountains, these curvy river roads. San Francisco City Girl turned Southern Oregon Country Girl. I write about Parenting, Lifelong Learning, Living with Intention, and Finding Beauty in Unusual Places. I seek beauty as an artist always, and share it when I find it. Narnia beckons me. I see it everywhere: in the way light filters through trees, in forests, in waterways and pathways, in lanterns, and of course, in wardrobes. I hold tight to the Older Magic.

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Reveling in Having Earned a Silver Hair

As the school year progresses, my 14-year old son, as well as our new 12-year old son, who is an addition to the blend we already had going, keep bringing new friends home. Our family has gotten bigge...

Liesl Garner
February 10, 2007
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Wrestling with Night

My ninth grader will be reading “Night” by Elie Wiesel this year in his literature class at Clovis East High School.   I picked the book up months ago because it is also an Oprah Book...

Liesl Garner
November 18, 2006
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