Beth Kaplan
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Beth Kaplan

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Beth Kaplan worked as a professional actress for a decade before leaving the stage to earn an MFA in Creative Writing. She is the author of scores of essays in newspapers, magazines, and on CBC Radio, and of three books: Finding the Jewish Shakespeare, a biography of her great-grandfather; All My Loving, a memoir of the sixties; and True to Life, a succinct guide to personal narrative which is the textbook for her courses. Oscar-winning writer Tony Kushner called her biography “a witty, shrewd and elegant book which tells a story of vital importance.” Beth teaches memoir writing at two Toronto universities and in 2012 won the coveted Excellence in Teaching award at U of T.

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