When I was a little girl I fell down the stairs. What I remember most is not the eyes-open terror of feeling my awkward, clumsy body suddenly loose and limber in free-fall, an unwilling astronaut launched on a possibly lethal space-walk, but my mother’s story of watching me tumble down the stairs, unable to stop […]
The latest issue of Ninth Letter — a physically-gorgeous journal from the University of Illinois — includes my essay, “The Outlaw Bride,” about my marriage to my partner Sandy in 2004 and its aftermath after our marriage was invalidated by the state. It’s an essay about the meaning of marriage, and love, and stuff even […]
Before this gets completely stale! Literary essays accepted for publication: 3 Literary submissions rejected: 7 [Note: should be much higher; this means I didn’t submit enough.] Literary essays included in “Best Of” anthologies or nominated for the Pushcart Prize: 2 New essays started: 4 New essays completed: 1 Essays in SubmissionLand as of 12/28/30 12/28/08: […]
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)Â in Tucson, Arizona at noon, just after the Veterans’ Day Parade: Jacome Plaza 101 N Stone Ave. (outside of main library) Tucson, AZÂ 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 […]