Kathleen Hirsch (born June 1, 1953) is an American author. Hirsch received her B.A. in political science and English in 1975 at

Mount Holyoke College Mount Holyoke College is a Private college, private Women's colleges in the United States, women's Liberal arts colleges in the United States, liberal arts college in South Hadley, Massachusetts, United States. It is the oldest member of the h ...

and her M.F.A in fiction writing from

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in 1979. She joined the staff of ''The

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'' in 1983, reporting on Boston's subcultures and marginal populations. She profiled two homeless women in a book, "Songs from the Alley." She has taught writing at

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, and

. She is a contributor to the

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's Catholic news site, Crux.

Works

* 2001: ''A Sabbath Life: A Woman's Search for Wholeness'' () * 1998: ''A Home in the Heart of a City: A Woman's Search for Community'' () * 1997: "Mothers: Twenty Stories of Contemporary Motherhood" - co-editor with

Katrina Kenison Katrina Kenison is an American author of literary memoir and nonfiction about parenting, life stages, mindfulness, and simplicity. Her first book, ''Mitten Strings for God: Reflections for Mothers in a Hurry'', published in 2000, encourages paren ...

() * 1989: ''Songs from the Alley'' ()

References

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