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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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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, 2024

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

Aug 27, 2024

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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, 2024

Walking Out of the Hospital

Sep 27, 2024

Pinned

Published in
Thirty over Fifty

A Landlord Seeks Forgiveness

What was in that life-changing rent break?

Jul 9, 2024

A Landlord Seeks Forgiveness

Jul 9, 2024

Pinned

Published in
Lives Well Lived

Lives Well Lived — a New Publication

Tell us a story and call it an obituary

Jun 5, 2024

Lives Well Lived — a New Publication

Jun 5, 2024

Published in
Thirty over Fifty

Things That Make Me Hopeful

A bell, an apartment, moments on a train

Dec 31, 2024

outdoor scene of residential area in east side of Vancouver with a beautifully lit up wooden bell hung up in a tree for those in the community to ring at holiday time

Dec 31, 2024

Published in
The Unschool for Writers

Getting Into the “Box” of Poetic Form

When Everyone Tells Us to Get Out

Dec 19, 2024

Getting Into the “Box” of Poetic Form

Dec 19, 2024

Published in
The Unschool for Writers

Writing Book Club Questions for Your Novel

Even if you haven’t finished yet! Warning: it might be useful!

Nov 17, 2024

group of three people reading together and taking notes outdoors at picnic table

Nov 17, 2024

Published in
The Unschool for Writers

Monsters in Our Fiction

Not just for Horror

Oct 28, 2024

Monsters in Our Fiction

Oct 28, 2024

Published in
The Unschool for Writers

Those Writing Class Trigger Warnings

What are they good for?

Oct 2, 2024

Cyclist freestyling on an outdoor handrail set aflame

Oct 2, 2024

Published in
The Unschool for Writers

When Is the Right Time to Write Memoir?

How long should you “wait”?

Sep 28, 2024

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

Sep 28, 2024

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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