Some more #spinepoetry inspired by the books on my shelf and the world we live in. #nationalpoetrymonth With thanks and apologies to Jide Zeus Bonnie Zobell, Lidia Yuknavitch, and Wells Tower.
Unruly Women Deserve a Spine Poem
A spine poem for unruly women everywhere. Adventures in #spinepoetry in honor of #nationalpoetrymonth. Thanks and apologies to Jodi Paloni, So Say We All, Julia Dixon Evans Jennifer D. Corley.
Sunday Sentence: String Too Short to be Saved by Donald Hall
“I understood that my grief, which I still carried like comfort, was not for my grandfather. The red branch on the green trues not only the first limb of the Republic to feel the cold of the winter; it was the death of my childhood, and the knowledge of my own vulnerability.” – String too Short to be Saved by … Read More
Sunday Sentence: Land of Enchantment by Leigh Stein
“And so today I dare you to do the thing you don’t think you’re ready to do.” Land of Enchantment by Leigh Stein I love reading them, so now I’ve joined the #SundaySentence party started by David Abrams over at the Quivering Pen and on Twitter. It’s not a review. It’s not a story. It’s just one sentence I read this week, presented “out of … Read More
Sunday Sentence: Americanah by Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie
“It brought to him a disorienting strangeness, because his mind had not changed at the same pace as his life, and he felt a hollow space between himself and the person he was supposed to be.” – From Americanah by Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie I love reading them, so now I’ve joined the #SundaySentence party started by David Abrams over at the … Read More
A Reader Reminds Me Why I’m Doing This
“May I just say thank you for caring about a really big issue. My son has his own story to tell about his re-entry and his attempt at suicide…we still have him. For this I am eternally grateful. And now I have a book to share with other single moms who are looking at re-entry.” –A Veteran’s Mother Dear Friends, … Read More
Coming home for me, books for you
As you read this, I will be back in the springtime embrace of my old homes. All of them. I’m bringing Casualties to the places and people who launched me as a writer and fed my writing , my dreams, and the story itself — sometimes in surprising ways. I’ll be writing about that when it all has a chance … Read More
Sunday Sentence: Flight Behavior by Barbara Kingsolver
“A certain feeling comes from throwing your good life away, and it is one part rapture.” – Barbara Kingsolver, Flight Behavior This is the very first sentence in this beautiful novel. One of the best first lines ever. I love reading them, so now I’m joining the #SundaySentence party started by David Abrams over at the Quivering Pen and on … Read More
Sunday Sentence: Leaving Tinkertown by Tanya Ward Goodman
“I feel my own place in the world dissolving in the tide of Dad’s forgetting.” – Tanya Ward Goodman, Leaving Tinkertown Her father was a an artist, a collector, a carnival man who was “with it.” She was his “best kid.” When he was diagnosed with Alzheimer’s, she and all who loved him began to lose him memory by memory. … Read More
For You: A February Fiction Fest
I’ve been looking forward to this all month. After all the support you have given me, I get to offer a very special giveaway to a lucky reader. Beginning Monday, February 22, you can enter a drawing to win not one, but FIVE novels. Think about the alliterative possibilities here: Fine February Fiction From Five …Authors, okay, ran out of … Read More
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