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About Kit Bakke

Kit Bakke's creative nonfiction book is Miss Alcott's E-mail. She has studied political science, nursing and public health and worked as a nurse and in information system technology and business consulting. Feeling that books, more than almost anything in the world, had given her much, she eventually left her job for a year to see if she could write a book and give something back.

Seattle7 Writers: What’s That All About?

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The Seattle7 group of writers has garnered national attention for their work contributing to literary and literacy communities. The attention has resulted not only in strengthening alliances among the writers working together but also in valuable promotion for their books and writing careers. Seattle7 member Kit Bakke, who has contributed several articles to Writing It … Continue reading →

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The Story of a Century in the Pacific Northwest

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If youā€™ve been identified as the one in your family, neighborhood or group of colleagues who writes, you may find yourself called upon to create writing for projects you hadnā€™t imagined setting out to do. One such request could be to put together an oral history. This week, novelist and writer Kit Bakke shares her … Continue reading →

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On Lurches and Launches: Narrative of a Book Launch

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Everyone wants to help. Everyone has advice. My audiences split along the divide of wanting to know more about Louisa May Alcott, wanting to know more about me or wanting to know more about the genesis of the book (thatā€™s what I get for inventing a new genre, the ā€œbio-memoirā€). Some people also feel compelled … Continue reading →

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Getting Around Concord

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From Miss Alcottā€™s E-mail: Yours for Reforms of All Kinds by Kit Bakke. Reprinted by permission of David R. Godine, Publisher Copyright 2006 by Kit Bakke It was a wild, windy day, very like me in its fitful changes of sunshine and shade. ā€” Louisa May Alcott, 1865, age thirty-three December 14, 2005 Dear Miss … Continue reading →

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