The Women We Become: Myths, Folktales, and Stories About Growing Older by Ann G. Thomas
A friend and I exchanged books for our birthdays. Being in our 60s, the books we gifted one...
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Earth Day 2023: Be Inspired by Carol Ruckdeschel, the “Tireless defender of sea turtles” and more.
In honor of Earth Day, April 22, 2023, we’re rerunning this post about the amazing...
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Woman Writer Brenda Ueland: Sharing an Exhilarating Existence
In preparation for a women’s writing group, I was lining up well-known teachers of writing, those...
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Sandra Cisneros’ “Women Without Shame”: Poetry for a New Year
Almost 30 years in the making, this collection of poems is to be savored. This latest book of...
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We’re with Kate Manne: “Important and worthwhile to fight”
Ugh, the stifling air we’ve been breathing for thousands of years. The noxious fumes of...
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This Chair Rocks: A Manifesto Against Ageism by Ashton Applewhite (2019): “Make noise about this!”
Celebrating the New Year has always made me feel frantic, especially New Year’s Eve as the...
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Temple Grandin: “I Can Picture It Perfectly”(American b. 1947)
Admittedly, I’m obsessed with recording our progress at breaking the bronze ceiling....
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Becoming a ‘Nasty Woman’: An Interview with Memoirist Grace Talusan
When I found out that Grace Talusan was publishing her memoir in 2019, I knew I had to read it....
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May Sarton: Leaping the Waterfalls (1912-1995 American Woman Writer)
Spending summer 2021 in New Hampshire, I drive through Nelson quite often these days. Each time I...
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