Nonfiction 23: Fiction 20 This is my third year to compile an end-of-year list of the books I read during…
Layng Martine, Jr. Layng Martine Jr.’s memoir Permission to Fly took me completely by surprise. I was unaware of Martine’s…
It’s been a few years since I read and reviewed a celebrity memoir . . . . back in 2014…
Writing from Seagrove Beach, Florida this Thanksgiving weekend feels like writing from home. I’m staying in the location where I…
A few weeks ago I did a post about my latest project, an essay collection/memoir called PILGRIM INTERRUPTED. You can…
Sunday night my husband and I went to see “The Glass Castle.” What a terrific movie! Here’s a wonderful interview…
Sorry I didn’t post on Wednesday or Friday… I was on the road (drove about 1000 miles in four days).…
“No matter what is wrong with you, a sausage biscuit will make you feel a whole lot better.”—Lee Smith’s mother…
This past February I did a blog post in response to a wonderful book I was reading, Why We Write…
Last Wednesday I wrote about “Shaping the Chaos”—beginning (again) to work on my personal/spiritual memoir, Jesus Freaks, Belly Dancers…