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Untethered to Fact!
The longer I go without sending a newsletter, the more daunting sending a newsletter becomes. Especially in these times, when our democracy is in such…
Maud Newton
Jul 5
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Acknowledgement Genealogy and Ancestor Trouble
One thing critical race theory opponents can’t do is prevent people from disclosing their own ancestors’ participation in enslavement & genocide. That’s…
Maud Newton
Jun 17, 2021
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Ancestor Trouble is Out!
Dear friends, Ancestor Trouble is out in the world! If you follow me on social media, you may have heard plenty about it by now, but if not, here are…
Maud Newton
Apr 8
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A Sense of the Present Rises
Dear friends, For me, this time of year brings a heightened awareness of what’s passing and what’s to come, and in that way it tends to call attention…
Maud Newton
Nov 9, 2021
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The Truth Will Set You Free
Hi Friends, Here’s hoping January is landing as peacefully as possible for you. At my place we’ve been drinking too much tea and noticing the days…
Maud Newton
Jan 17
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Events, a Magical Giveaway, Octopus Ancestors, the Finished Book, and More
Hi friends, Ancestor Trouble is coming out at the end of this month, eep! My editor, Andrea, sent along some photos of the finished book, which is still…
Maud Newton
Mar 9
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Intuitive Writer Enjoys Sticking to Outline
Hello friends, I’m doing my best to honor the season of the thinning veil by reading more, writing more, and connecting in ways that feel nourishing…
Maud Newton
Oct 6, 2021
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Kinship & Remembrance in December
Hi friends, I’m sending wishes for winter insight and tenderness with this newsletter, which discusses: poetry, earth kinship, insect alphabets, and…
Maud Newton
Dec 7, 2021
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Lineage unconscious
On Jung and family symbols, including some of mine: black cats and mugwort, acorns and oaks, cardinals and quartz, clover and seashells. Also singing.
Maud Newton
Feb 10, 2021
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Galleys, Black Kittens, and Grandmothers
Hello friends, some things have been happening. Ancestor Trouble galleys arrived last week, I have a gorgeous new website (thanks to Being Wicked), I…
Maud Newton
Sep 23, 2021
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Maybe I'm Just like my Father
“Maybe I’m just like my father,” Prince sang the year I turned thirteen. “Too demanding,” “too bold.” At stoplights, in malls, on rides at the county…
Maud Newton
Sep 10, 2019
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Other People's Family Stories
I’m a magpie. Instead of shiny things I collect other people’s stories about families and ancestors and echoes. Here are a few I’ve particularly…
Maud Newton
Feb 5, 2021
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