Nina Riggs
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Nina Riggs received her MFA in poetry in 2004 and published a book of poems, Lucky, Lucky, in 2009. She wrote about life with metastatic breast cancer on her blog, Suspicious Country; her recent work appeared in the Washington Post and the New York Times. She lived with her husband and sons and dogs in Greensboro, North Carolina.

Books by Nina Riggs

The Bright Hour

A fearless and vibrantly written memoir of motherhood, marriage, loss, life and death.

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