Writer Masha Hamilton has recently established the Afghan Women’s Writing Project, which gives Afghan women access to online writing classes and allows them an opportunity to have their voices heard. I’ll be one of the teachers, and I’m excited to …
I’m starting to feel better. Smiling more often than not. Not so much with the crying anymore. It’ll be two weeks this Thursday since the miscarriage. Time’s moving on, fast as usual. I’ve got this terrific kid already who needs …
I was keeping a wonderful secret from you for a while. I was pregnant again, and in a few more days there would have been a sonogram at 8.5 weeks, and we would have found a lovely, healthy fetus with …
Marcy Leavitt! Congrats, Marcy! You’ve won the signed copy of The Visibles, by Sara Shepard. Enjoy!
Yep, book giveaway! Sara Shepard (see the previous post for my interview with her) will be sending out one signed copy of her new novel, The Visibles. Want it? Just leave a comment in this post. You have until 10pm …
Full Disclosure: Sara Shepard is a friend from my MFA days. I care about her, and her writing. I am not unbiased. It felt a little ingenuous to simply post a glowing review here, even though a glowing review is …
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St. Vincent has a new album out. I’m still lurking around the mailbox, waiting for my copy to arrive, so I can’t tell you much about it yet. Her first album, Marry Me, is pretty high up on my all-time-favorites …
Three days. No cell phone reception. No internet. Bliss.
We were supposed to head out of town this morning for a long weekend in Seattle, but the kid had a bit of a relapse on the sickie front. Not anything too bad or distressing. Just enough that we wanted …