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Another Thing You Don't Know About MeMarch 30, 2011 
These are nerd secrets I rarely speak about; the kind of aesthetically questionable activities that might associate me with renaissance fairs or science fiction conventions, not serious literary fiction or investigative reporting. But I can’t hide it anymore. (more…) A Tale of Two CountrysidesMarch 29, 2011
One of my best friends, Rebecca Barry, wrote a book called Later at the Bar which takes place in the same landscape as So Much Pretty.
Rebecca and I were neighbors for the last few years I lived upstate and we went on long walks together, got our food at the same CSA, went to friends weddings wearing complimentary outfits and danced together to old time music in the only bar in town. (more…) Why Did I Write So Much Pretty?March 29, 2011
This is why:
Today’s New York Times continued the coverage of a case involving an 11-year old child who was repeatedly gang raped and filmed being gang raped by a group of men in the small town of Cleveland, Texas, while no one did anything to stop it for a period of several months. (more…) Frogs, Cranes and Army Men on FireMarch 28, 2011 
Paint it Black; Louis Ferdinand Celine, Lover of HumanityMarch 26, 2011 
Meat, Blood, Memory, WarMarch 24, 2011 
In Close to the Knives Wojnarowicz follows individual and intimate acts of ignorance and cruelty back to (more…) Walking Hand in HandMarch 21, 2011
During Women’s History Month we celebrate the accomplishments of those who have struggled for equality, but it’s also important to remember the role misogyny plays on a global level. Women’s History Month needs to be thirty days of action not thirty days of commemoration. I can think of no better author to illustrate the corrosive power of misogyny and also the deep solidarity and love many men have for women than Gerard Donovan, who’s 2004 Debut Novel Schopenhauer's Telescope, is easily one of my favorite books of all time. Click on the picture to read the whole post on Powells.
Blogging at Powells BooksMarch 21, 2011
All week long I will be blogging at Powells Books. Today's essay is about A Girl Among the Anarchists, a lost classic written by 14 and 16 year old sisters who published an anarchist newspaper called The Torch and planned to overthrow the government. Seriously. You can click on the picture to read more.
So Much CelebrationMarch 21, 2011 
with my editor Sarah Knight at the book launch party
Know your Heroes: Margaret SangerMarch 19, 2011 
Kim Barker on Strange Days in Afghanistan and PakistanMarch 17, 2011 
Now is the TimeMarch 16, 2011 
Recent reporting in The New York Times about the brutally violent sexual assault of an eleven-year old child brings many issues to light. And while some have cried bias, charging that the Times has “blamed the victim” in their coverage, there is a much bigger issue at work. (more…) Thanks Lower East Side Girls Club!March 16, 2011
Last night I gave my first reading from So Much Pretty at one of my favorite places in New York, The Lower East Side Girl's Club.
I was so poud of my writing group girls and guys who showed up and took the discussion about Women's rights to a (more…) Today is the DayMarch 14, 2011 
Thank you E. I couldn't have written a word without you. The Fates Will Find Their Way; an Interview with Hannah PittardMarch 12, 2011 
Missing Nora Lindell will never be found. And her story becomes instead fodder for obsessive speculation by (more…) Capturing the Cultural Moment; an Interview with Dana SpiottaMarch 10, 2011 
Mary and Bobby, star crossed fugitives living separate lives underground, grow older with (more…) The Informationist; an Interview with Taylor StevensMarch 8, 2011 
The novel’s protagonist Vanessa Michael Munroe, whose height and androgynous beauty makes it possible for her to pass as a man when necessary is the kind of hero we’ve not seen before. Possibly ever. While Munroe has (more…) Never be Afraid to use Your Voice; an Interveiw with Daisy WhitneyMarch 6, 2011 
I was lucky enough to (more…) Know Your Heroes: Simone DebeauvoirMarch 5, 2011
"Society, being codified by man, decrees that woman is inferior; she can do away with this inferiority only by destroying the male's superiority."
- Simone DeBeauvoir From our friends at the existential primer: Simone de Beauvoir was one of the most important cultural historians of the twentieth century. She was also (more…) Lucy Parsons, More Dangerous than a Thousand RiotersMarch 3, 2011
Lucy Parsons is another woman to remember and celebrate during women's history month. A life long radical, you can read more by clicking on her photo and visiting The Lucy Parsons Project
This is what the good old wikipedia has to say aboout her: Described by the Chicago Police Department as more dangerous than a thousand rioters" in the 1920s, Parsons " (more…) Guest Blogger Sarah Cypher Takes on DADT and DOMAMarch 2, 2011 
by Sarah Cypher My partner—or wife, as I say stubbornly—is a decorated member of the U. S. Coast Guard and has played a leadership role in some of its largest rescue missions in recent history, including one that was given reams of print coverage. I’d love to tell you more, but (more…) Remembering Judi Bari on the Anniversary of her DeathMarch 1, 2011 Feminist and Environmental activist Judi Bari died March 2, 1997 after a lifetime of direct action. From an obituary by Bill Wienberg: In the early hours of March 2, Judi Bari, a warrior who had come through many battles, died peacefully at her home in Northern California's Mendo-cino County, of breast cancer. Bari was the most visible leader of Earth First!'s struggle to (more…) |
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