Whales, Ancestors, the Novel, the Memoir, and Me

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About Mary Kate Jordan

I'm a writer, poet, ancestral archeologist and adoptee. Some posts refer to whales, my memoir manuscript, or a novel put aside until my memoir moves out into the world. Other posts simply as they occur to me. Ready? Dive in!

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