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Book Raves for “Sightlines: A Family Love Story in Poetry and Music.”

Book Raves for “Sightlines: A Family Love Story in Poetry and Music.”(0)

June 24, 2009

Kendra Bonnett reviews “Sightlines: A Family Love Story in Poetry and Music” on Women’s Memoirs Book Raves.
Here’s an excerpt from her review:
Although Sightlines is very personal, the reader is not left outside to be a distant observer, peering through a cracked door or listening at the keyhole. The reader recognizes the history, the humanity, the [...]

Book Raves for “Sightlines: A Family Love Story in Poetry and Music.”
Mary Ruth Donnelly reviews Sharman Apt Russell Memoir: “Standing in the Light”

Mary Ruth Donnelly reviews Sharman Apt Russell Memoir: “Standing in the Light”

MEMOIR MOVES READER INTO LIGHT
In Standing in the Light: My Life as a Pantheist, Sharman Apt Russell invites the reader on a quest to resolve the tensions inevitable to one who proposes to live consciously: living in the nature of the beautiful Gila Valley, New Mexico versus maintaining a job and children’s activities in [...]

Womens Memoirs Hosts Janet on “Memoir Moment” in a Live Interview: We need your comments on  June 2nd blog post!

Womens Memoirs Hosts Janet on “Memoir Moment” in a Live Interview: We need your comments on June 2nd blog post!

To make this call a success we need a good sampling of comments.
FIRST: June 2nd, read my post on www.womensmemoirs.com
SECOND: Comment on the blog after my post. Your comments will be gathered to submit questions for the live call on JUNE 11th.
Your questions should cover: 1) memoir writing and 2) the audio book at womensmemoir.com.
On [...]

Stray Dog Theatre Presents “The Trial.” Based on Kafka’s famous book.

Stray Dog Theatre Presents “The Trial.” Based on Kafka’s famous book.

I read Kafka’s book “The Trial” in freshman English class taught by the magnificent Jonathan Kaplan. I love it. This last week, so many decades later, I saw a play based on this classic at the Stray Dog Theatre in St. Louis (Stray Dog Theatre
2348 Tennessee Ave., Saint Louis, MO 63104,, 314-865-1995.
My friend Bobbie [...]


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