Jeanne Marie Laskas is the director of the writing program at the University of Pittsburgh. Her work has appeared in many publications, including GQ, where her exploration of coal miners was a finalist for the National Magazine Awards, and The Washington Post Magazine, where her long-running weekly column, "Significant Others," was the basis for a trilogy of memoirs. She lives in Scenery Hill, Pennsylvania.
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