This year has felt like a very long, melancholy Sunday. It has been a year in which every morning we woke up and made lemonade out of the lemons which that day had thrown our way. This year has been the year we learned to look for happiness in hidden places, like those puzzles in the […]
The poet, Louise Gluck, is the winner of the 2020 Nobel Prize in literature. She is the first American woman to win this Nobel Prize in twenty-seven years, since Tony Morrison took the prize in 1993. If I told you that I do not really enjoy Louise Gluck’s poetry, I know you would say, “How dare […]
Gone to Pick FlowersWhere is Mahvash?She has gone to the garden to pick flowers.But there is a man here waiting for her!He is nervous and shy.He is pacing the room impatiently. Where is Mahvash?She has gone to the garden to pick flowers.But there is a child here waiting for her; his silky brown hair is […]
Untamed is somewhat of a nonfiction work, somewhat of a memoir, somewhat of a self-help book by Glennon Doyle. Doyle tells us of her experiences as a woman and how she broke through and freed herself from the cages that society and people create for us. She encourages women to be brave enough to re-examine […]
I had the opportunity to interview Joanna Hershon, the author of The St. Ivo. Here are some highlights. Do you write for others or for yourself only?For as long as I can remember, I’ve written. I started writing stories and poetry as a child and also kept a journal from when I was about 13 to 25. […]
