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May 20, 2016
Friday Links::: Beat Generation News
PHOTOGRAPH BY RICHARD AVEDON / “WILLIAM BURROUGHS, NEW YORK, JULY 9, 1975”/© THE RICHARD AVEDON FOUNDATION via The New Yorker Happy Friday! Here are a few Beat Generation-related links for your weekend reading::: “Drive, He Wrote: What the Beats Were About” (The New Yorker) “The Outlaw: The Extraordinary Life of William S. Burroughs” (The New Yorker) […]
May 16, 2016
Quotable: Love Your Solitude
“Therefore, dear Sir, love your solitude and try to sing out with the pain it causes you. For those who are near you are far away… and this shows that the space around you is beginning to grow vast…. be happy about your growth, in which of course you can’t take anyone with you, and […]
April 21, 2016
“Are We Gonna Let the Elevator Bring Us Down?”
My mom’s from Minneapolis so while most kids were growing up on Disney tunes, I grew up on Prince’s “When Doves Cry” and “I Would Die 4 U.” Back in the early 80s when 1999 seemed impossibly far away, we would go crazy in the basement to “Purple Rain” while my mom vacuumed. Years later, my sister […]
March 29, 2016
Feisty Blood Orange and Supergreens Salad
Years ago, when my mother still lived in the States, she used to purchase sparkling Italian blood orange juice. It was tangy and just a little bit spicy. I felt glamorous whenever I drank it. The Arancia Rossa di Sicilia (Red Orange of Sicily) has protected geographical status in Europe, much like champagne can only be called […]
March 28, 2016
Sheryl Sandberg’s Lean In was one of my favorite books of...
Sheryl Sandberg’s Lean In was one of my favorite books of 2013.Filed under: Life, Writing Tagged: feminism, quote, Sheryl Sandberg, women writers
March 23, 2016
Writing Poetry in a Swedish Coffeehouse
It’s nice to get out of the studio sometimes and write somewhere different. A change in perspective can kick start the creative juices and create renewed focus. Coffeehouses seem ideal for writing poetry. There’s just something about the smell of coffee and the introspective atmosphere. Maybe it has something to do with the rich […]
March 21, 2016
“A Secret Hidden in This Book”
Filed under: Life, Writing Tagged: feminism, Kathy Acker, quote, women writers
March 18, 2016
I Will Be Teaching a Literary Relationships Class
I’m so excited to announce that I have been selected to lead a discussion at this year’s Festival of Women Writers in Hobart, New York! The class I’m teaching will be called Literary Relationships: Writing in, into, and to Community. Here is the description::: Surveying famous literary friendships throughout history—Dickinson and Higginson; Lewis and Tolkien; Hurston and […]
March 16, 2016
Reading in the Tub
I received this bath caddy as a gift and have been using it almost every night. Reading in the tub has been a great way to unwind and squeeze a bit more literature into my life. A few months before that, I was quoted on Twitter about my bathtub rituals, so it was quite an appropriate […]
March 15, 2016
Redeemer Writers Group Monthly Meeting
It’s been a while since I’ve posted about it, but I’m still co-leading the Redeemer Writers Group. We’ll have a special guest author who will be speaking on an issue related to faith and writing. Our monthly meeting is free and open to anyone interested, on March 15 from 7pm to 9pm: The Redeemer Writers […]
