Hollye Dexter
Mom. Author. Singer. Rabble-Rouser.
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You are Rich- and Here’s Why

by Hollye Dexter | Aug 10, 2013 | hope through adversity, hopelessness, job search, joblessness, life lessons, poverty, recession, surviving disaster, Vicki Harrison

  After sending out over 200 resumes and getting no response, in a moment of quiet desperation, a young woman named Vicki Harrison ended her life. I was devastated to read about this poor girl’s tragic end, and yet, I could empathize. I too have been...

I’m Not Qualified for Anything, But I Do It Anyway.

by Hollye Dexter | Jul 15, 2011 | handling rejection, job search, Middle Age, pursuing dreams, self esteem

Amy Ferris and I had this  conversation the other day and decided we’d blog about it together. Mine is below, and Amy’s is linked at the bottom. Every time I start to panic about money, and start looking for “real jobs”, I am daunted by how...

My Mid-life Resume

by Hollye Dexter | Feb 8, 2011 | being broke, job market, job search, Middle Age, midlife experiences

When I was young, toiling away at corporate jobs, I always felt my big break was just ahead. I had big ideas, creativity, talent. Someday, one of those things was gonna pay off. Someday. I guess I wasn’t clear enough in my hazy future expectations. I assumed I’d have...

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About Hollye

Hollye Dexter is author of the memoir Fire Season (She Writes Press, 2015) and co-editor of Dancing at the Shame Prom (Seal Press). Called “moving” and “inspiring on so many levels” by FIRST FOR WOMEN Magazine, Fire Season was also an NIEA finalist for BEST MEMOIR. Hollye’s essays and articles about women’s issues, activism and parenting have been published in anthologies as well as in Maria Shriver’s Architects of Change, Huffington Post, The Feminist Wire, Writer’s Digest and more. In 2003, she founded the award-winning nonprofit Art and Soul, running arts workshops for teenagers in the foster care system.

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