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Alison Acheson

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Dance Me to the End

Dance Me to the End

A profoundly honest and intensely personal story of a woman who cares for her husband after the devastating terminal diagnosis of ALS.

2019

Stories

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Published in
On Reflection

My Wild Red-Headed Boy and His Hot Pink Gum Boots

Why we can — and maybe should — walk away from Education as Institution

Aug 27

My Wild Red-Headed Boy and His Hot Pink Gum Boots

Aug 27

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Published in
Thirty over Fifty

Walking Out of the Hospital

After four days in the emergency ward, my mother had had enough

Sep 27

Walking Out of the Hospital

Sep 27

Pinned

Published in
Thirty over Fifty

A Landlord Seeks Forgiveness

What was in that life-changing rent break?

Jul 9

A Landlord Seeks Forgiveness

Jul 9

Pinned

Published in
Lives Well Lived

Lives Well Lived — a New Publication

Tell us a story and call it an obituary

Jun 5

Lives Well Lived — a New Publication

Jun 5

Published in
The Unschool for Writers

Monsters in Our Fiction

Not just for Horror

Oct 28

Monsters in Our Fiction

Oct 28

Published in
The Unschool for Writers

Those Writing Class Trigger Warnings

What are they good for?

Oct 2

Cyclist freestyling on an outdoor handrail set aflame

Oct 2

Published in
The Unschool for Writers

When Is the Right Time to Write Memoir?

How long should you “wait”?

Sep 28

author sharing her memoir with a group in a hospice-volunteer program

Sep 28

Published in
Middle-Pause

The Sorriest Part of Being the Designated Caregiver

Growing and pruning the old Phone Tree

Sep 23

The author’s 89 year old mother in the hospital, post breakfast, smiling.

Sep 23

Published in
The Unschool for Writers

Writing Cairn by Cairn

Forget Doctorow’s headlights

Sep 15

Writing Cairn by Cairn

Sep 15

Published in
Imogene’s Notebook

Cousin Lu and Me on the Bus

How to lose a pesky man in 100 words

Aug 24

black and white photo of public bus in snowy street, with heavy clouds overhead

Aug 24

Alison Acheson

Alison Acheson

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Dance Me to the End: Ten Months and Ten Days With ALS--caregiving memoir. My pubs here: LIVES WELL LIVED, UNSCHOOL FOR WRITERS, and editor for WRITE & REVIEW.

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