When you’re teaching creative nonfiction, it helps to have written about your life in a very open way, because you can say, ‘Look, how much are you willing to risk emotionally to write? How careful can you be with the other people you’re writing about?’
Marya Hornbacher Quotes
My students know I have a life, they know I've written about my life. They know some detail, probably more than they know about their physics teacher, but I would've told them anyway!
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| Birth: | 4th April, 1974 |
| Nationality: | American |
| Profession: | Author, Journalist |
About
Marya Hornbacher is the only child of Jay and Judy Hornbacher, professional theatre actors and directors. When Hornbacher was fifteen years old, she was accepted into the prestigious arts boarding school Interlochen. She later enrolled in the University of Minnesota and started writing for the university's student newspaper The Minnesota Daily. In the fall of 1992, she entered college at American University in Washington D.C. She eventually obtained her Master's Degree from the New College of California.
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