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SUMMARY:Robin Silbergleid
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 At twenty-seven years old, Robin Silbergleid decided 
 to become a single mother. Not as a backup 
 or "Plan B," but as first choice. In her 
 memoir Texas Girl, she raises fundamental questions 
 about the nature of family and maternity 
 at the turn of the twenty-first century. 
 At a moment when SMCs grace the covers of magazines 
 and Hollywood films, Texas Girl adds the 
 perspective of someone who boldly side-steps 
 the social expectation for a woman to take 
 a life-partner before she has a child. Beginning 
 with a metaphorical conception, Texas Girl 
 charts a long four-year journey, including 
 infertility, miscarriage, and high-risk pregnancy, 
 traveling from Indiana to Texas and back 
 to the snowy north. In this compelling coming-of-age 
 narrative, Silbergleid explores the 
 notion of the chosen family, as close female 
 friends provide perspective, support, and comic 
 relief along the way.\n
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 Robin Silbergleid 
 is the author of two chapbooks of poems: Pas 
 de Deux and Frida Kahlo, My Sister.  The Baby 
 Book, a full-length collection of poems about 
 infertility and pregnancy loss, is forthcoming 
 from CavanKerry Press in 2015.   She holds 
 both a PhD in English and an MFA in Creative 
 Writing from Indiana University.  She is 
 currently an associate professor of English 
 and Director of Creative Writing at Michigan 
 State University.\n
 Cosponsored by GenCen.\n\n
 Price: free\n
 Sponsor: Administration\n
 Sponsor's Homepage: http://www.lib.msu.edu\n
 Contact name: Michael Rodriguez\n
 Contact phone: 517-353-8700\n
 Contact email: rodri171@mail.lib.msu.edu\n
 for more info visit the web at:\n 
 https://robinsilbergleid.com\n
LOCATION:Main Library North Conference Room, W449
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