Pat Lowery Collins
Cognoscenti contributor
Pat Lowery Collins is a poet, painter and author of many books for children and young adults. She lives and works in Rockport, Mass., writes the blog "Aging and the Creative Process," and is working on a memoir.
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Yes, Joe Biden is old. And?
Nothing about aging is a monolithic experience, writes Pat Lowery Collins, who at 91 years old knows something about getting older. In President Joe Biden we have a Super Ager,...
I've loved driving for 76 years, but it's time for my 'moving kingdom' to leave the road
Pat Lowery Collins was 14 when she got her driver’s license, so she could drive herself to acting jobs in Hollywood's radio studios. Many years -- and many cars --...
Ambition after 80. Yes, that's a thing
Women's creative lives are often disrupted by the needs of others, writes Pat Lowery Collins. Many start honing their crafts later in life -- and they create great works well...
I'm Old. And I Still Have Things To Do
I’m very tired of being told that “age is just a number,” writes Pat Lowery Collins. It isn’t. It’s a natural progression, and we don’t become less human as we...
How Beverly Cleary Changed Children’s Literature
Some have compared Cleary to authors of adult literature in her grasp of the human condition, her use of language and satire. But I think she was uniquely authentic at...
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When Everything Else Seems Lost, Our Stories Can Make Us Whole
In a storytelling class for people living with dementia, Pat Lowery Collins found insight, wisdom and dignity.