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At the Broken Places: A Mother and Trans Son Pick Up the Pieces (Beacon Press)
★ Winner, Memoir/Biography Prize, American Society of Journalists and Authors (ASJA), 2018
★ Gracie Award-winning Connecticut Public Radio interview, In Memoir, Mother and Trans Son ‘Pick up the Pieces’ of Relationship.
In At the Broken Places, my transgender son, Donald Collins, and I alternate chapters as we explore core issues we faced as he transitioned during his teens and college years from female to male.
PRAISE FOR AT THE BROKEN PLACES
“When one person transitions, everyone transitions… A necessary and beautiful book.” -Jill Soloway, Creator, Transparent
“This is the best, most thorough narrative of trans experience I’ve read: mind, body and soul.” -Kate Bornstein, author, A Queer and Pleasant Danger
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American Idle: A Journey Through Our Sedentary Culture (Capitol Books)
★ Winner of the Grand Prize, Indie Book Awards, NYC, 2010
★ Honorable Mention, Best Adult Nonfiction Book, 2010, American Society of Journalists and Authors
American Idle Explores the many forces that make it difficult for Americans to move in their daily lives in healthy ways and the consequences of not realizing that basic need.
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Airborne: A Photobiography of Wilbur and Orville Wright (National Geographic Books)
★ Recognized as a Top 10 Young Adult Biography by the New York Public Library and earned a starred Kirkus Review; Winner of Best Young Adult Nonfiction Book of the Year from American Society of Journalists and Authors.
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ADDITIONAL BOOKS
The Essential Daughter: Changing Expectations for Girls at Home (Praeger)
A Cast of Characters: National Public Radio (Seven Locks Press in tandem with NPR/25th anniversary)
YA Nonfiction for Grolier Cornerstones of Freedom Series
Mount Vernon
Spanish-American War
The Smithsonian Institution