SHE WRITES/SHE READS: WOMEN AND THE NEW WORLD OF PUBLISHING
The question of who gets to be a story teller and of whose stories are read and acknowledged is crucial–not just for women, but for men and for the way ci...
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RETIREMENT AS AN OPEN DOOR
“The door is only a door. It makes no promises.” Earlier today I read about a screenwriting conference to be held mid-August in Los Angeles. The co...
PEARS IN RED WINE
In memory of my dear friend, Mary, the magical “Claire” of my memoir who died Sunday, June 15, of a brain tumor, I am re-posting this chapter from m...
FRENCH CONNECTION
I can’t say that I was ever fond of France, a fact that had much to do with my inability to properly pronounce the language– and with the scorn of Paris...
A LITERARY FEAST
Award winning authors Judith Newton, Tasting Home, and Rebecca Coffey, Nietzsche’s Angel Food Cake, explore intersections of the literary and the gastrono...
TASTING HOME–FINALIST IN FOREWORD’S BOOK OF THE YEAR AWARD
Traverse City, MI, March 13, 2014 — Today, Foreword Reviews, the only review magazine solely dedicated to discovering new indie books, announced the finalists f...
A VALENTINE FOR MY GAY EX-HUSBAND
” Perhaps the story of our love belongs to the 1960s, when everything seemed possible, a spirit we never lost.” I met him in graduate school during ...
COYOTE CAFE: FOOD FOR THE SOUL
Food for the body is not enough. There must be food for the soul. Dorothy Day Mark Miller’s Coyote Café was first published in January of 1989, the year I beca...
SHE WRITES PRESS HOLIDAY SALE
She Writes Press (SWP), is holding a seven-day holiday sale on 18 of their titles (featured above) starting today, Friday, November 29th. This means that the e...