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Who's Rights?
A Note on Adoptee Identity
Mar 24
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Mary Ellen Gambutti
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Let Me Go
by an Anonymous Adoptee
Mar 11
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Mary Ellen Gambutti
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Unbound Ties: An Adopted Heritage
Part Two (re-dux) Returns to Mother
Nov 25, 2024
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Mary Ellen Gambutti
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The Switch
Just popping in to say I’m still on a sort of extended leave.
Apr 21
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Mary Ellen Gambutti
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Loss and Discovery
An Adoptee's Journey
Mar 11
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Mary Ellen Gambutti
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Image Poems
Dec 23, 2024
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Mary Ellen Gambutti
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This Moody Fall
Oct 28, 2024
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Mary Ellen Gambutti
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Sunday Summer Haiga
Jun 23, 2024
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Mary Ellen Gambutti
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Three Fragments
Jan 27
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Mary Ellen Gambutti
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A Pioneer for Adoptee Rights
With Gratitude to Lorraine Dusky
Mar 4
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Mary Ellen Gambutti
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Singing With Leila
A Memory
Feb 9
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Mary Ellen Gambutti
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Three Fragments
A Riddle, A Wound, and a System
Jan 27
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Mary Ellen Gambutti
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Winter Worlds
Words and Images
Jan 20
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Mary Ellen Gambutti
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My Guest
Hello, all ~ I hope you’re doing well and staying warm this weekend.
Jan 19
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Finding Home with Jude
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Adoption Was a Whisper
a Prose Poem
Jan 6
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Mary Ellen Gambutti
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All the Best
Happy Holidays!
Dec 30, 2024
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Mary Ellen Gambutti
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Image Poems
Shahai
Dec 23, 2024
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Mary Ellen Gambutti
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Who Am I to You?
On Being Related: Home for the Holidays, An Adoptee Prose Poem
Dec 9, 2024
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Mary Ellen Gambutti
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