by Jerri Dell | Nov 22, 2021 | About Writing, Books, Friends, Memoir, The World Bank, Travel
As of today, my book stops being mine alone. Now it is out in the world for anyone to see. I find this just slightly amazing. Saly Portudal, Senegal, 1991 The only thing that could match my delight in learning of my book’s release was being able to celebrate the... 
by Jerri Dell | Nov 2, 2021 | About Writing, Books, Memoir, The World Bank
You’ve been alone so long with your book – a memoir about thirty years of your life. Your obsessive and solitary pursuit. At last you call it done. You hand it to your publisher to take it from there. You worry whether your story is engaging enough,... 
by Jerri Dell | Nov 25, 2020 | Friends, The World Bank
My old friend and former President of the World Bank, Jim Wolfensohn died yesterday, three months after his wife Elaine–an even closer friend–died in August. I learned of Elaine’s death a few minutes before Joe Biden accepted the nomination for...
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