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. […]

I had the opportunity to interview Lauren Sandler, the author of The This Is all I Got. Here are some highlights. Do you write for others or for yourself only? I write for others only! My outrage about inequality in the world is what leads me to write – I want others to feel what I feel, to […]