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She Quit Publishing, Became a Lawyer, Then Started Writing Again
Darlene Madott left a career in publishing to attend law school on a dare, and no sooner had she graduated than the writing came back. She explains what pushed that pivot and how storytelling ended up becoming the sharpest tool she had in a courtroom.
Her new book, Closing Ceremonies and Dying Times, links a set of short stories around heartbreak, and Darlene reveals the structure running underneath all of them without her realizing it until the writing was done. It reframes what grief actually gives back to the people who sit with it.
She also talks about what she is learning now, later in…
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