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The second journal of an artist by "an extraordinary woman: sensitive, intelligent, perceptive"--Doris Grumbach.
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I first met Anne Truitt when we were both guest artists at the Yaddo Colony in upstate NY. Later, we became good friends.
I admired not only her sculptures and paintings but also the three elegant and poignant published journals of an artist’s life. My favorite is the third published Journal, Turn.
Known as a superb artist and sculptor, Turn is Truitt’s third journal revealing the woman and journey of a true artist and unique individual. A husband’s suicide leaving the author and artist to raise three children and pursue her art, creates a unique memoir timeless in the…
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