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Prayers and Thoughts & Action and Policy

11/07/2017 By Ellen Beals Leave a Comment

Prayers and Thoughts & Action and Policy

This won't be a long post because I don't have much to report. The news is dismal because there has been another mass shooting. I concur with today's  Chicago Tribune editorial, "How to help prevent the next gun massacre," which concludes: "Each mass shooting in America is its own terrible story that can't be undone. The responsible perspective is to use the shock of the moment to take actions that will save lives in the future." If the world has gotten you down, you … [Read more...]

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New writing, new calls, found beauty

06/28/2017 By Ellen Beals Leave a Comment

New writing, new calls, found beauty

June has been flying by. Hope you have been soaring.  Here’s some news. Congrats to Kerry Langan who has a new book of short fiction—My Name is Your Name and Other Stories, published by Wising Up Press. BTW, Wising Up has a call for submissions -- Longer Than Expected: Adulthood After Life Threatening Childhood Illness. You may be bewitched by Donna Hilbert’s new poem “Domestic Arts” in Verse Virtual. Looking for something to listen to? Daniel Chacon’s Words on a … [Read more...]

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Glimpse of Solace: Kathy Buckland, Open House Chicago

10/22/2013 By Ellen Beals Leave a Comment

Glimpse of Solace: Kathy Buckland, Open House Chicago

  Big thanks to Kathy Buckland for these glamorous shots of Chicago.  Kathy is a photographer from Glenview, IL, who goes exploring with her camera just about every weekend. … [Read more...]

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Much I don’t about Franzen

10/12/2013 By Ellen Beals Leave a Comment

Much I don’t about Franzen

I give up.  I spent the past few days trying to write a blog that was witty and timely. I wanted it to be smart like an essay by Roxane Gay. I hoped to get my thoughts together about the fuss over “Jonathan Franzen: What’s Wrong With the Modern World,” which appeared in The Guardian on Friday, September 13.  The piece named names (Jennifer Weiner, Salman Rushdie, Jeff Bezos) and was as juicy as a reality TV show, with responses by Jennifer Weiner and Nathan … [Read more...]

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Still growing solace

06/07/2013 By Ellen Beals Leave a Comment

Still growing solace

Solace in So Many Words is two years old, and I am trying to build some new interest in the book.  After all we know that its subject matter is timely so the collection is still relevant. When I read about soldiers returning home from Afghanistan, I think of Dave Lachance's "Nagasaki Shadows.'  Whenever I hear about Texas I think of Buck Odom and wonder how he's doing ever since I read J. Scott's Smith's compelling "Heartbeat," which renders Buck so well that I think of him … [Read more...]

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