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I Struck Poetic Gold In Virginia City, Nevada
I Struck Poetic Gold In Virginia City, Nevada
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I Struck Poetic Gold In Virginia City, Nevada

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I am a writer from Utrecht, The Netherlands. In 2014 I spent 3 weeks on a writer’s residency in Virginia City, Nevada. I was there to finish a first draft my novel (which I totally did), but while there, something happened. The landscape and history of Virginia City intrigued me and I ended up writing 26 poems, which have been published in a chapbook, called Ghosts of Old Virginny.

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    Milla van der Have

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    My name is Milla van der Have. I wrote my first poem when I was 16, during a physics class and I’ve been at it ever since. I started out writing in Dutch, but a couple of years ago I switched to English.I write poetry and short stories. My work has been published in several literary magazines and anthologies. In 2013 one of my short stories won a New Millenium Writings Fiction Award.

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    Milla van der Have

    Milla van der Have

    Author, Community member

    My name is Milla van der Have. I wrote my first poem when I was 16, during a physics class and I’ve been at it ever since. I started out writing in Dutch, but a couple of years ago I switched to English.I write poetry and short stories. My work has been published in several literary magazines and anthologies. In 2013 one of my short stories won a New Millenium Writings Fiction Award.

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