“Mama’s Suitcase” Slide Show by Carol Cole Lewis
Carol created this slide show from family archival photos I sent her. These photos play over my reading of “Mama’s Suitcase” from “Sightlines: A Family Love Story in Poetry and Music.”
Carol created this slide show from family archival photos I sent her. These photos play over my reading of “Mama’s Suitcase” from “Sightlines: A Family Love Story in Poetry and Music.”
Wanna know a beauty of a survival technique for those of us not yet on Oprah? Mosey over to Telling Her Stories to read our latest Creative Catalyst post “Success Your Way” on how to keep your sanity in an all-too-predictable mainstream culture. Collaborators: Janet Riehl and Stephanie Farrow
Kwei Quartye’s “Wife of the Gods: An inspector Darko Dawson Mystery” further expands the mystery genre on Africa soil…just as Alexander McCall Smith’s “Number 1 Ladies Detective Society” did. Only this one is written by a Ghanaian about Ghana.
To watch Eugene Redmond teach is to fall in love with writing, with words, and with the world. Here are some gems from a workshop I attended. Eugene talked about connection and continuum…how our identity is rippling out in circles: woman/womanhood; story; village/community; power; race and class; visionary source and lineage. Eugene has a big…
Valerie J. Brooks is an accomplished writer, workshop leader, a participant in the Willamette Writers Speakers Series, a member of the Oregon Writers Colony as a writer in residency. Valerie says, “I’m launching my own little ship into the giant waters of the web. Welcome to Gobsmacked: Confessions of a Working Writer. Take a gander,…
A foot of snow atop our bluff: Evergreen Heights, Jersey Township, SW Illinois. Mother, that which you filled and then emptied, we fill again as best we can. Your chair hold us at the wheelhouse hub, yet a glance windowward unfolds and holds worlds beyond. This morning’s world insulated in a snowy rug. Cardinal families…
Okay, here’s a fun little game you can play with our regular readers. Speaking with a friend over the phone, we started this list. If you’d like to join in, just hit the comment button and add to the list. Antique figure of doctor in a lab coat studying an X-ray (Enesco collectible from www.goantiques.com)…