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Emily Rapp

Emily Rapp is the author of “Poster Child: A Memoir,” and “The Still Point of the Turning World.” She is a professor of creative writing and literature at the Santa Fe University of Art and Design in Santa Fe, New Mexico.

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My unconventional therapist saved my life

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A photo of the author with her son Ronan, who died in February 2013.

My son is not the poster child for the Right to Life movement

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Men who made my legs

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A photo of the author with her son (Anne Staveley)

Someone to hold me

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When is it wrong to fight for your son’s life?

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