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Jill Dearman

June 24, 2024

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Hudson, NY

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Deborah Blicher

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Summary:

This interview was conducted with Jill Dearman on Warren Street in Hudson, New York, at the temporary residence of the interviewer. The date was June 24, 2024. Jill is the author of seven books. She is also a writing coach, an NYU writing instructor, and an astrologer. Her works of fiction are modeled on real crimes, with added fictional elements that emphasize social issues of their time, especially women’s and  LGBTQ rights. Jill grew up in New York City in a third-generation immigrant Jewish family. Her parents divorced when she was a child; she lived with her mother and sister and saw her father on weekends. Because of the films and books he chose to share with her, she suspects today that he was hinting that he was gay. Jill moved to Hudson with her adopted daughter in stages, starting in 2019, after her physician wife, Anne, died of cancer.

Themes:
AIDS
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College
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Gender
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Jewish Culture
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LGBTQ+
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Loss
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New York City
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Spirituality
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Activism and Advocacy
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Interviewer Bio:
Deborah Blicher

Deborah Blicher (Debbie) is a freelance audio producer and essayist living in Sudbury, Massachusetts. She comes from a third-generation Jewish immigrant family based in New York. She is married to a male physician with whom she parents two adopted children. She currently works in broadcast radio and podcasting, and her varied work history includes years of teaching writing at the college level. She conducted this interview as part of Oral History Summer School 2024.

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