Listen to the mustn’ts, child. Listen to the don’ts. Listen to the shouldn’ts, the impossibles, the won’ts. Listen to the never haves, then listen close to me…. Anything can happen, child. Anything can be. –Shel Silverstein Continue reading Inspiration Monday: Shel Silverstein
Did you know that August is Women in Translation Month? WIT Month was started in 2014 by blogger Bibliobio after she researched and found women writers represent approximately only 30% of translations into English. (Follow this link for facts and statistics.)This event was created to encourage reading and discussion and to increase awareness of this genre. (Follow this link for more info.) There are no “rules” for participating but I encourage you to do so by reading at least one translated book this month, by following the Twitter hashtag #WITMonth, by following the Women in Translation Tumblr, and by sharing this issue with … Continue reading Women in Translation Month
Because that’s the day we need it most……. (As seen on Twitter.) Continue reading Inspiration Monday: Anne Lamott
“You will learn a lot about yourself if you stretch in the direction of goodness, of bigness, of kindness, of forgiveness, of emotional bravery. Be a warrior for love.” ― Cheryl Strayed, “Tiny Beautiful Things: Advice on Love and Life from Dear Sugar”* *One of the best books I’ve ever read. Ever. Continue reading A Warrior for Love
There’s a great essay on The Toast by Laura Passin about Muriel Rukeyser, “Muriel Rukeyser (1913-1980): The Forgotten Woman”. I loved it. Here’s the first paragraph, to whet your appetite: What would happen if one woman told the truth about her life? The world would split open. Muriel Rukeyser wrote that in 1968, even though she’d been splitting the world open for decades already. She’d gone from literary wunderkind to lefty pariah to feminist heroine precisely because of her commitment to telling the truth–about one woman’s life, yes, but also about many, many women’s lives, about the lives that weren’t … Continue reading Muriel Rukeyser: Stories not Atoms
“Too many people have become self-appointed privilege police, patrolling halls of discourse, ready to remind people of their privilege whether those people have denied that privilege or not.” — Roxane Gay, Bad Feminist My contribution to David Abrams’ “Sunday Sentence” project in which participants share the best sentence read during the past week, “out of context and without commentary.” Continue reading Sunday Sentence
“His heart was like gristle when she bit down but she just chewed and chewed and didn’t spit it out.” ~ “Put Your Wild Heart Between Her Teeth” From Every Kiss a War by Leesa Cross-Smith My contribution to David Abrams’ “Sunday Sentence” project in which participants share the best sentence read during the past week, “out of context and without commentary.” Continue reading Sunday Sentence
I recently discovered Contrariwise: Literary Tattoos, a website that shows literary tattoos people have had inked on their bodies. A tattoo is not something I’m interested in for myself but I do find them interesting and the reasons people get them interesting. I like the one above particularly because it’s from the poem “Antilamentation” by Dorianne Laux, one of my favorite poets and poems. It’s a beautiful and honest line and a poem all by itself. I also like the placement of the design because I like the idea of a tattoo being hidden and only revealed to a select … Continue reading Literary Tattoos
“People are like cities: We all have alleys and gardens and secret rooftops and places where daisies sprout between the sidewalk cracks, but most of the time all we let each other see is is a postcard glimpse of a skyline or a polished square” ~ Hilary T. Smith, Wild Awakening Continue reading People are like cities
Maya Angelou passed away this morning. The world will be a darker place without her but it could be lighter if we’d take her words to heart. This video of her is a favorite of mine. What wisdom she possessed. Originally posted on NOLAFemmes. Edited with BlogPad Pro Continue reading Maya Angelou: You Will Be Missed
