(Is my generation X? Yes, yes it is.)

Oh no! (Hope you get another chance soon.)

Almost none, happily. Most creative writing students want to write and are into their material. (That said, some may be using it "a little bit" in ways I can't tell if I haven't seen earlier work. I hope not and take preventative steps, but I'm also unwilling to commit time to policing.)

Elements of her biography are hard to fathom: her father was murdered, she was widowed 3 times in the 1970s (surviving herself until 2013). She gave birth to 11 children and adopted 5 others; 7 of the 16 died in childhood, several while she was hospitalized with TB. Her work is often joyous.