Several weeks ago Kore Press notified me that they had nominated my essay, “Falling In,” for a Pushcart prize (“Best of the Small Presses”). This essay is in Powder: Writing by Women in the Ranks, which, might I add, is a mighty fine read all around and makes a lovely gift for the soldier or [...]
As Miriam B. noted in a comment, “No doubt you are hearing this from your fellow writers: RIGHT NOW, _Powder_ is being featured in a 5-minute segment on NPR’s Weekend Edition Sunday. Whoo-hoo!!! http://tinyurl.com/6g7w9t” I’m very psyched. My own contribution to this volume was in the lighter zone, as this review demonstrates. I do have [...]
Update: YouTube is being funky, so try this link (thanks for the tip!) November 11, Veterans’ Day, is the release date for Powder, an anthology from Kore Press in which one of my essays, “Falling In,” is not so coincidentally included. Here’s a trailer featuring some of the authors for Powder reading from their work [...]
Dateline: Brisbane, Australia So the downside of the election is that voters in California, Arizona, and Florida trounced gay-marriage rights. Sandy and I have received very sympathetic mail from friends. I am still turning it over in my head. I gave my first talk yesterday and to my relief it went well (Lizanne was terrific), [...]
I have written off and on for American Libraries since 1996. Of the two major magazines for LibraryLand, they were the first to run a regular technology column (for actual modern technology, not “here’s how to use a Dialog blue sheet”). AL has now just implemented some very interesting changes. 1. The weekly e-newsletter, American [...]
Powder, the forthcoming anthology from Kore Press of writing by women veterans (including me!), is having a book launch event on Tuesday, November 11 (Veterans’ Day) in Tucson, Arizona at noon, just after the Veterans’ Day Parade: Jacome Plaza 101 N Stone Ave. (outside of main library) Tucson, AZ 85701 If you attend this event, [...]
As always, LITA Forum had an exceptionally good wheat to chaff ratio, though to my intense sorrow I could not get to Forum in time to hear Tim Spalding of LibraryThing. I hope Tim’s session was recorded, though I know ALA has this idea if they record too many sessions No One Will Come To [...]
One of the nice things about reaching a certain point in life is the ability in any given situation to hoist the bullshit flag, wave it around a minute, and move on. So when I saw that Library Journal had hired an anonymous blogger, that’s what I did. I said my piece to several people [...]
My sonar has picked up sundry comments about the local writing workshop I manage, that indicate most civilians don’t know how workshops function. I suppose this makes sense — I wasn’t familiar with “workshop” until I marched off to MFA-Land in 2004, trusty red pen in my school satchel. * A group of writers agree [...]
What downturn? It turned out that embedding a call for documentation writers in between screeds about the election turned out to be wildly effective (even though I do not speak for My Place Of Work, blah blah blah — something they did NOT ask me to say, in case you’re wondering). I wish I could [...]
