Alison Buckholtz is a writer living in Anacortes, Washington. Her memoir on life as a military family will be published by Penguin in 2009.

Alison Buckholtz's Salon stories

Friday, Apr 11, 2008 03:54 PDT

Once upon a time, Dad went to war

Books had always helped me in a crisis. But could I find one that explained to my kids why their father was in Iraq?
Tuesday, Jan 15, 2008 03:39 PST

The letter E is purple

My synesthesia made me feel like a freak. But if my son has inherited this neurological quirk, I hope he realizes what a gift it is.

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