Work samples

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    Marie Claire South Africa ran an essay I wrote on reuniting with my biological family in the summer of 2016.
  • BBC INTERVIEW - WORLD HAVE YOUR SAY.mp3
    I spoke to the BBC last year about my adoption story - particularly about how I located my biological mother online by accident while waiting for a friend to dress for a party. I'd simply input my own information into a website 17 years ago and - voila - there she was, just waiting.
  • Search me: why did I go looking for my birth mother online? | Life and style | The Guardian.pdf
    In October, 2015, The Guardian Weekender print edition ran an essay I wrote on my reunification with my biological family. The piece was also posted online.
  • Catapult | A Conversation with Brandon | Abby Higgs.pdf
    In March 2016, Catapult published an essay I wrote about my relationship with my biological nephew, Brandon, who is now a writer himself in Connersville, Indiana.

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About Abigail

Baltimore City
Howdy. I'm not going to put my "about me" info here; I'll let my pitch do the talkin'. Here it goes: I intend to create the "Rushville" podcast - a radio program that is the culmination of a 17-year-long obsession. This one-hour episodic podcast will be an investigative dive into both my own biological backstory, as well as the history of one small, Indiana farming town: Rushville - where, 38 years ago, I was born and immediately relinquished from.  

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The Day I Met My Mother, Sept. 10, 2001

This photo was taken the first day my mother and I ever met. My older half-sister, Jane, is featured as well. It was taken on Sept. 10, 2001. 
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    This photo was taken the first day my mother and I ever met. My older half-sister, Jane, is featured as well. It was taken on Sept. 10, 2001.
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    The Day My Mother Was Buried, April 13, 2018

    This photo was taken on the day of my biological mother's funeral - April 13, 2018. In it, I am gracefully sandwiched between my older siblings, Jane and Joe. My mother died of massive organ failure following a decade of strokes - the first of which she suffered in 2005. Over the years, as my mother grew sicker, she lost her ability speak. That's when I stopped learning about her life, her history, my family's history, and, ultimately, my own. I decided to wait until she passed to pursue my investigation and subsequent podcast, not wanting to stir up more trouble where it needn't exist.

    Now, I'm ready.

    RIP, Mom. 
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