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Mira Ptacin
Mira Ptacin (b. November 8, 1979) is American writer, editor, professor, and activist.[1] Ptacin is an award-winning creative nonfiction writer, memoirist, and New York Times bestselling ghostwriter, author of the memoir Poor Your Soul[2] as well as the feminist history The In-Betweens: The Spiritualists, Mediums, and Legends of Camp Etna[3].
Ptacin holds a MFA from Sarah Lawrence College[4], where she was the editor-at-large of Lumina Literary Magazine[5].
She leads memoir workshops for incarcerated women at the Maine Correctional Center[6] and currently is visiting professor of creative nonfiction at Colby College[7].
Poor Your Soul
In 2016, Soho Press released Ptacin’s debut memoir, Poor Your Soul[8], a narrative about the loss of her pregnancy at age twenty-eight, the death of her brother Julian and her mother’s immigration to the United States. After publication, Ptacin was awarded the Maine Literary Award for her work on the book, and her memoir received a star review from Kirkus[9].
It was also a finalist for the Kirkus Best Book of the Year, which described Ptacin’s memoir as “an unexpectedly hopeful, but never mawkish, tale of love and loss. Beautifully written, at just the right emotional pitch. Of interest to all readers but likely tofind a home among bereaved mothers.”[10]
Ms. Magazine hailed the Poor Your Soul as a “vivid memoir [that] tells of an unexpected pregnancy, ultimately welcomed, then threatened by birth defects that preclude life outside the womb. Far more than her personal story of abortion, Ptacin' brutally honest account incorporates her own mother's tragic loss of a child.”[11]
The In-Betweens
In 2016. after learning of a hamlet of psychic mediums living in the woods of Maine, Ptacin set out to document Camp Etna and the American-made religious movement of Spiritualism. The result of her research was published in October, 2019, by Liveright Books. [12]
In 2020, The In-Betweens was praised by the New York Times as “fascinating,” “curious, non-judgemental, and funny” and one of the best books to read during a pandemic.
Ongoing projects and advocacy
Ptacin is an outspoken advocate for reproductive justice, as well rights for incarcerated women, of which she writes and speaks of frequently.[14]
Ptacin is an outspoken advocate for reproductive justice[15].[16]
She’s created chapbooks in prison workshops, and has been leading memoir writing workshops for women behind bars since 2016.[17][18]
Themes
Much of Ptacin’s written work revolves around sexuality, feminism, grief, family, community, ethical responsibility, nature through the lens of her personal experiences..” The New York Times described her work to be “exploring transcendent and transformational experiences.”[19]
Personal life
Ptacin lives in Peaks Island, Maine with her spouse Andrew Jackson, a consultant for low income housing and shelters for victims of domestic abuse[20].
She has a son Theo Julian, a daughter Simone True, and several rescue dogs, cats, rabbits and chickens[21].
References
- ↑ "Mira M Ptacin - age 43, address: Peaks Island, ME - Radaris". radaris.com. Retrieved 2023-04-07.
- ↑ "Poor Your Soul". Soho Press. Retrieved 2023-03-26.
- ↑ "The In-Betweens". wwnorton.com. Retrieved 2023-03-26.
- ↑ "Poor Your Soul by Mira Ptacin MFA '09 Named One of 2016's Best Nonfiction Books—Kirkus Reviews". www.sarahlawrence.edu. Retrieved 2023-03-26.
- ↑ "The Eighth Annual Magathon". The New York Public Library. Retrieved 2023-03-26.
- ↑ "Hard Truth and Deep Trauma Behind Bars". Literary Hub. 2016-03-24. Retrieved 2023-03-26.
- ↑ "colby college".
- ↑ "Mira Ptacin". Soho Press. Retrieved 2023-03-26.
- ↑ POOR YOUR SOUL | Kirkus Reviews.
- ↑ POOR YOUR SOUL | Kirkus Reviews.
- ↑ "Poor Your Soul". Soho Press. Retrieved 2023-03-26.
- ↑ "npr".
- ↑ Egan, Elisabeth; Jordan, Tina (2020-03-18). "Celeste Ng, Ann Patchett, Min Jin Lee and Others on the Books That Bring Them Comfort". The New York Times. ISSN 0362-4331. Retrieved 2023-03-27.
- ↑ "What Happens When You're Pregnant In Prison". ELLE. 2015-11-17. Retrieved 2023-03-27.
- ↑ Ptacin, Mira (2013-05-13). "Is a Baby a Luxury?". Guernica. Retrieved 2023-04-07.
- ↑ "Slice Magazine | An Interview with Mira Ptacin, by Olga Kreimer". Retrieved 2023-04-07.
- ↑ Botton, Sari (2015-11-26). "Belly Chains on a Baby Bump: What It's Like to Be Pregnant in Prison". Longreads. Retrieved 2023-04-07.
- ↑ "Community Word". Maine Writers & Publishers Alliance. Retrieved 2023-04-07.
- ↑ Ptacin, Mira (2021-02-04). "Opinion | The Art and Education of Owling". The New York Times. ISSN 0362-4331. Retrieved 2023-03-27.
- ↑ "Dovetail Consulting -- Maine Affordable Housing and Owner Representation". Dovetail Consulting. Retrieved 2023-03-27.
- ↑ Nast, Condé (2021-03-11). "How to Really Survive a Pandemic on a Remote Island". Vogue. Retrieved 2023-03-27.
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