Garments of Fleas

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Friday, February 6, 2009

Edelman-Eggers Letters 7

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From: "Dave Eggers" To: "Regina Edelman" Sent: Friday, April 18, 2008 9:03 PM Subject: Re: Enid News & Eagle, Enid, ...
Thursday, February 5, 2009

Edelman-Eggers Letters 6

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In this bitter process of rejections and humiliation, Joel Rose , a writer friend Daryl knows from working at DC Comics together, read my m...
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Wednesday, February 4, 2009

Edelman-Eggers Letters 5

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If it’s not written on the page, I don't know what you're saying – Daryl Edelman A month went by. Dave didn’t answer me. I always t...
Tuesday, February 3, 2009

Edelman-Eggers Letters 4

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--- Original Message ----- From: Regina Edelman To: Dave Eggers Sent: Friday, February 29, 2008 8:11 PM Subject: Re: Great letter Hello Dave...
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Monday, February 2, 2009

Edelman-Eggers Letters 3

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A bit of good news about my manuscript came through the mail. I received my certificate of registration of my copyright from the Library of ...
Sunday, February 1, 2009

Edelman-Eggers Letters 2

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Last we learned, Dave Eggers kindly replied to my query letter. I went on polishing my novel in order to send it by the time I told him I wo...
Saturday, January 31, 2009

Edelman-Eggers Letters 1

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Dear Reader, I do not intend to post letters of everyone who once wrote me. The only object of the letters in this document is to show my st...
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Regina Edelman
Brazilian-born of mixed race and condemned to poverty, Garments of Fleas is the story of my life. As a child, I carried water to survive and had nothing but an urgent hope to escape the mud-caked floors of my crumbling flea-infested home, earning my freedom from my mother only when she forced me to support her by working as a nanny and maid in a history teacher's home when I was twelve years old. My story is about escape through introspection and reason, searching for answers from cruel circumstances like mine by observing man and nature.
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