Marion Blackburn

Fiction Daily

The secret of writing is the rhythm of urgency. - Jack Kerouac

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Greenville, NC
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This time of year reminds me that as summer ends, harvests and canning once began ...

NEW COMMENTARY - Movie stars

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JACK KEROUAC: THE MYTHICAL SCROLL

The 120-foot long manuscript of Jack Kerouac's "On the Road" was on view in New York, along with notebooks, novel outlines, notes, paintings and sketches that show Kerouac's complexity as a writer and artist. U-Tex Austin exhibit here.

MYTHIC MILES Part One & Part Two

PUBLIC RADIO EAST diary of Kerouac in New York

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ON THE SAFFRON PATH Special section A three-part audio diary of Marion's journey to see the Dalai Lama in Atlanta, which aired on Public Radio East. Download here.

A blossom, a man a promise -- Seeing His Holiness the Dalai Lama brings hope

Audio from His Holiness, 14th Dalai Lama

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My mother, the stripper

Raising a Cannon from Queen Anne's Revenge

Former blog is here

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Marion Blackburn is a writer whose creative projects include short stories, essays and a novel in progress. Professional projects include magazine and feature writing, brochures, marketing and narratives.

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