To make this call a success we need a good sampling of comments. FIRST: June 2nd, read my post on www.womensmemoirs.com SECOND: Comment on the blog after my post. Your comments will be gathered to submit questions for the live call on JUNE 11th. Your questions should cover: 1) memoir writing and 2) the audio…
I read Kafka’s book “The Trial” in freshman English class taught by the magnificent Jonathan Kaplan. I love it. This last week, so many decades later, I saw a play based on this classic at the Stray Dog Theatre in St. Louis (Stray Dog Theatre 2348 Tennessee Ave., Saint Louis, MO 63104,, 314-865-1995. My friend…
In J. K. Rowlings latest Harry Potter book she makes a hommage to C. S. Lewis (perhaps ever so unconsciously) and the Narnia books in her emphasis on sacrifice in conquering death. Lewis used this as a Christian reference. Pagans believed something similar, but in a slightly different way. Also, I feel she’s discussing totalitarian…
A year ago we started the journey of making “Sightlines: A Family Love Story in Music and Song.” It was a long-held dream of mine since “Sightlines: A Poet’s Diary” came out in 2006 to make an audio with music to go along with the book. I happened almost by chance when I decided to…
The opening of Dea Mitchell’s exhibit was a magnificent gala showing off his work to good effect. We met old friends and made new ones. My lime green hat is magical at bringing new connections into my life. Scamper on down to Portfolio Gallery & Education Center to see their newest exhibit of Dean Mitchell’s…
On Saturday, March 28 at 7:30 PM in Abbott Auditorium, at Southern Illinois University, the Women’s Studies Department presented a special event as part of Women’s History Month 2009. Fanny’s cousin Lavelle Wilkins-Chin drove us over to the Edwardsville Campus in the pouring rain. The two of us laughed, clapped and sang along to yet…
Susan Tweit’s newest book “Walking Nature Home” invites us as readers to lope along the field of a life shaped by challenge and close looking at nature. Her book contains good guidance lessening the need to control and learning to let go more. Her insights into ways to view chronic illness, talk about it, and…
Once again, this Saturday, March 28, 2009 at 7:30pm at SIUE, in the Abbot Auditorium, Miss Fannie Belle Lebby will perform her sizzling one woman show “Ladies of the Blues.” Woodie Award nominee Miss Fannie Belle Lebby’s one woman show, “Ladies of the Blues”, including portrayals of blues artist/jazz singer Alberta Hunter and comedienne Moms…
Not my usual Saturday night, oh no! It was as if I’d crossed the border into another country. I was so clueless that I’d never even heard of Steve Harvey before, one of the Kings of Comedy. In 2000 Spike Lee filmed the comedy routines of Steve Harvey, D.L. Hughley, Cedric the Entertainer, and Bernie…
The U.S. and the internet are abuzz with Osar news, predictions, and at-home parties. Wherever you are tonight: on the Red Carpet, or at home…if you are a movie lover and have any cultural curiosity, I know you’re ready! Of the movies nominated for best picture, I’ve seen at commented on Riehlife on: The Reader:…