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    Love Letters to Sophie's Mom
    Love Letters to Sophie's Mom
    Love Letters to Sophie's Mom
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    Love Letters to Sophie's Mom

    By Rob Bignell

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    "Love Letters to Sophie's Mom"
    The intriguing debut collection of poetry from Rob Bignell

    Passionate and evocative, "Love Letters to Sophie's Mom" traces a relationship from the first dance of love at a coffee shop to its tragic demise as mental illness overtakes the narrator's beloved. Inspired by a diverse array of writings, including the verse of Pablo Neruda, Dylan Thomas, and Bob Dylan, the collection's 34 poems touch upon an array of themes including nature, and Southern California and Northwoods motifs.

    "Love Letters to Sophie's Mom" author Rob Bignell is a long-time lover and reader of books. Holding a master's degree in English, for eight years Bignell taught poetry and writing. He's the award-winning author of several works of journalism and the author of two nonfiction books about hiking. Currently, he owns and runs Inventing Reality Editing Service, which handles fiction and nonfiction manuscripts.

    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherRob Bignell
    Release dateJan 4, 2013
    ISBN9780985873912
    Love Letters to Sophie's Mom
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    Rob Bignell

    Rob Bignell is the owner and sole editor at Inventing Reality Editing Service, which meets the editing and proofreading needs of writers both new and published. During the past five years, he's helped more than a hundred novelists, poets and nonfiction authors obtain their publishing dreams. Several of his short stories in the literary and science fiction genres have been published, and he is the author of the popular and highly acclaimed nonfiction "Hikes with Tykes," "Headin' to the Cabin," and "Hittin' the Trail" book series, the novel "Windmill", and the poetry collection "Love Letters to Sophie's Mom". For more than two decades, he worked as an award-winning journalist, with half of those years spent as an editor. In addition, for seven years he served as an English teacher or a community college journalism instructor. He holds a Master's degree in English and a Bachelor's degree in journalism and English. He and his son live in west-central Wisconsin and are active in boys basketball and Cub Scouts.

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      Love Letters to Sophie's Mom - Rob Bignell

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      Love Letters to Sophie’s Mom

      By Rob Bignell

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      LOVE LETTERS TO SOPHIE’S MOM

      Copyright Rob Bignell, 2012

      All rights reserved. Except for brief passages: quoted in newspaper, magazine, radio, television or online reviews, no portion of this book may be reproduced, distributed, or transmitted in any form by any means, electronic or mechanical, including photocopying, recording, or information storage or retrieval system, without the prior written permission of the author.

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      Atiswinic Press. Ojai, Calif. 93023

      http://inventingreality.4t.com/

      loveletterstosophiesmom.html

      ISBN 978-0-9858739-1-2

      Manufactured in the United States of America

      First printing September 2012

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      DEDICATION

      "I love you without knowing how, or when, or from where.

      "I love you straightforwardly, without complexities or pride;

      So I love you because I know no other way.

      - Pablo Neruda, Sonnet XVII

      For J.A.R.

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      ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS

      Thank you to Mary, Stephanie, Mark and Judith for your insightful and invaluable critiques of these writings.

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      Table of Contents

      The Dance

      Portrait of You as a Young

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