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W O R D  B Y  W O R D - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - Anne Lamott is the author of two works of nonfiction, "Bird by Bird: Some Instructions on Life and Writing" and "Operating Instructions: A Journal of My Son's First Year," and the novels "Crooked Little Heart," "Hard Laughter," "All New People," "Joe Jones" and "Rosie." + Get the current Word by Word column + Browse the Word by Word archive Bookmark http://www.salonmagazine.com/mwt/lamo/