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Consider Hedgebrook (by Leslie McGrath)
I’m spending August at Hedgebrook Writer’s Retreat on Whidbey Island off the coast of Seattle. Hedgebrook is only for women and has been thriving since the late 1980’s. Why think of applying to a…
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We Were Stolen From Our Bodies: R. Erica Doyle
When I was a very small writer, I lived in a big house on a small street in Washington, DC. My grandmother came to that house one of the last times I saw her…
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R. Erica Doyle, Guest Blogger August 14 – 20
photo(c)Nathaniel Siegel This week we welcome R. Erica Doyle as our guest blogger. Erica's poetry and fiction have appeared in the Best American Poetry 2001, Our Caribbean, Gumbo, Callaloo, Ploughshares, Bum Rush the Page,…
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A hell of a singer [by DL]
Many a time I have gone to the movies and felt that the song over the closing credits is the best thing about the film. Sinatra's "New York, New York" trumps everything that comes…
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Roar, Lion, Roar
This authentic blue Columbia blazer (circa 1966) is available for purchase at East Hill Antiques in Ithaca — where other items that catch the eye of the passerby include buttons urging voters to cast…
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Farewell! [by Jessica Garratt]
This is my last post, and I think I will keep it short, and perhaps even sweet. Looking back at the week’s posts, I notice an unintended arc. I began the week by introducing…
