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fight for preemies
November is Prematurity Awareness Month and today, November 17, is the March of Dimes’ Fight for Preemies. Over 300 bloggers are writing their preemie stories today. You can read them here. In honor of the Fight for Preemies, I am posting another short excerpt from Ready for Air. This section comes just after I have…
mother words podcast!
I’m excited to announce that the Good Enough Moms podcast of the 4th Annual Mother Words Reading is now available. Check it out! A huge thank you to Marti, Erin, Luke, and Stacy at Good Enough Moms for all their work getting this ready!
nonfictioNOW
It will be too challenging for me to try to sum up the conference—there were too many thoughts stuttering through my mind during those few days in Iowa. But I’ll list a few highlights: * Meeting so many interesting and talented writers, many of whom I’ve admired for a long time, among them Dinty Moore,…
in iowa
I’m sorry I’ve been quiet the last week or so. Life has gotten in the way of blogging (and writing in general). Hopefully I’ll be able to return to my computer with new vigor when I’m back home. But right now I’m in Iowa City at NonfictioNOW, soaking up as much as I can. I…
quietly joyful
Both D and I were out with the stomach flu last week, and I’m having trouble getting back in the groove. Usually illnesses don’t keep me away from my computer; I work even when I’m not feeling well. But the stomach flu is, of course, a different kind of animal, and for much of the…
the reading, the reading
I have been meaning to post about the Mother Words Reading for a week now. But the days have been vanishing before my eyes. I have been busier this last week than I have been in a long time (and of course it’s not as if I’m usually lolling around the house eating bonbons). I’ve…
tonight!
Please come down to The Loft Literary Center at the Open Book in Minneapolis tonight for the 4th Annual Mother Words Reading featuring the wonderful Hope Edelman and Bonnie J. Rough. Where: Target Performance Hall, Open Book When: 7 – 9 p.m. There will also be a special opening act by Darcey Engen, Maria Asp,…
mother words week at cribsheet!
I’m thrilled to announce that it’s Mother Words Week over at the StarTribune‘s Cribsheet blog. I know many of you are regular readers of Cribsheet. If you’re not, you should be — May and Kay are fabulous! This year’s Mother Words week features essays from my online Mother Words students, and it’s being kicked off…
done!
I have been in a tizzy these last days, thinking about and managing logistics for the upcoming Mother Words reading (Oct. 7 at the Loft—don’t forget!) and I’ve also been writing writing writing away, trying to finish the memoir. Well. I just typed the last sentence with tears in my eyes, and then I turned…
3rd annual benefit for hunger
I have never gone to bed hungry. My children have never gone to bed hungry. But countless children in the United States do go to bed hungry, every night. What are we going to do about it? September is Hunger Action Month. Here are the facts: * 50% of the households that benefit from food…