Solace in a Book

Literary news: light and dark

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It’s another chilly one, but before I can complain about Chicago weather, I only have to look at pictures from Buffalo, NY, where more than five feet of snow blankets the city and more is predicted.  That shuts me up. Besides I don’t really want to post about the weather but literary news. First about Solace in So Many Words contributors. Brent Calderwood is featured in  OUT Magazine (as one of OUT 100)—congrats! Kathleen Kirk’s poem “Daughter of Midas” has been … [Read more...]

Contributor updates, singing the blues, and a call for submissions

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November’s chill is upon us in Chicago. How about you? Does if feel like winter? Congratulations to Patty Somlo!  She will have a new book of stories out in the coming year. Hairway to Heaven will be published by Cherry Castle Publishing in 2015. Michael Constantine McConnell’s poem “A Faun’s Lament” appears in a new anthology, The Best of Electric Velocipede. Donna Hilbert’s poem “The Sun Straight Up" was posted November 10 on the Cadence Collective site. I … [Read more...]

Drop down and give me 40 (winks)

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It's my favorite weekend of the year. It’s not  because of Halloween. Nor Day of the Dead. It’s because it is the end of Daylight Savings--that extra hour we get when we set our clocks back is the best present of all.  I’m here to suggest you put it to productive use: Take a nap.  Crawl under the covers and think of yourself for once. You deserve it! I know I’ll be celebrating that way.  I don’t have too many worries in the napping department. On the contrary, I could … [Read more...]

Three fairs and a freebie

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Hello Folks. Have you, like me, been wowed by the fall colors this year? I don't know whether the foliage is more exceptional this year than in previous ones. It seems to me it is. But then I also wonder whether it's me that's changed, gotten older and more sentimental, and more aware of the fleeting colors and birdsong and our remarkable natural world. Anyway, I've been trying to write some difficult pages and I'm easily distracted by the beauty outside my window (Glimpse of … [Read more...]