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Roberta Degnore

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Roberta Degnore

Mourning and Memoir Writing — what is tribute and what is betrayal

Samuel Jones Wagstaff was the product of old Yankee money and private schools. He was the famed collector who catapulted photography to an…

5 min readDec 2, 2020

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Mourning and Memoir Writing — what is tribute and what is betrayal

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Roberta Degnore

In Case You Want to be Depressed

— A short companion piece —

1 min readJul 30, 2021

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In Case You Want to be Depressed

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Roberta Degnore

Needles in My Eyes

Relax. It’s turquoise, that unmistakeable swatch singing there in the dark behind them. Closed. I’ve never seen that, not in all those…

1 min readJul 20, 2021

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Needles in My Eyes

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Roberta Degnore

Why I Hate Families — and I’m a pain in the ass in restaurants, but tip well

Stop, please, your structuring, your family tyranny. It is the imagery of the conquered, like hooks pierced through a hanging carcass. You…

3 min readJul 19, 2021

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Why I Hate Families — and I’m a pain in the ass in restaurants, but tip well

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Roberta Degnore

La Tragédie de Slurryville á la Mode

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13 min readNov 26, 2019

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La Tragédie de Slurryville á la Mode

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Roberta Degnore

Hobbits are the Cover Story

Across the road from the Abbey it is special. Welcoming. Quiet.

3 min readOct 15, 2019

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Hobbits are the Cover Story

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Roberta Degnore

Family Monsters and Kindness

A Gay Woman, and the Boy-Man Who Loved Her

5 min readJan 30, 2019

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Family Monsters and Kindness

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Roberta Degnore

Sam Wagstaff, Photography Giant — and Public Art?

Beyond the Detroit Institute of Arts Debacle

7 min readDec 8, 2018

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Sam Wagstaff, Photography Giant — and Public Art?

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Roberta Degnore

Thank You for Aging

He is a giant Grinch wedged in a wheelchair that’s scattered with others like old-time Dodge-Em cars stranded by a failed power supply. Any…

5 min readFeb 28, 2018

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Thank You for Aging

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Roberta Degnore

DRIVING WITH ANIMALS

Los Angeles freeways are scary enough, but a woman alone leaving LA on a cross-country trip with a hesitant eleven-year-old Labrador…

7 min readFeb 26, 2018

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DRIVING WITH ANIMALS

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Roberta Degnore

Roberta Degnore

writer, traveler, renaissance activist-- what? .................my books: The Assistance of Vice, Until You See Me, Invisible Soft Return:\ on amazon

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