Hey there -- Somehow I've missed a week and I can't tell you where it went. There's been lots of socializing lately -- a retirement party, dinners out, a play ("Mary Page Marlow" by Tracy Letts at Steppenwolf), end of the year parties, birthdays, workshops etc. Hope your calendar is full of fun. Congrats to Joe Meno. His novel won the adult fiction book of the year award from the Society of Midland Authors. The award ceremony just happened at the Cliff Dwellers Club in … [Read more...]
Five is prime — Happy Birthday SISMW!
If I had a five-year-old dog, I would calculate my pet’s age to be 33 years, using a formula in which there are 10.5 dog years per human year for the first two years, then four dog years per human year for each year after. How do you calculate a book’s age? I mean, are book years and human years the same? Five years may seem old for a publication. Most books go out of style or lose their relevancy. I don’t think that’s the case for Solace in So Many Words as we still … [Read more...]
Fair season
It’s that time of year when books are celebrated. Here are three upcoming bookfairs. Currently underway is the Evanston Literary Festival, which started May 4 and goes through May 14. Upcoming events include Zoe Zolbrod tonight at Evanston Public Library to launch the tour for her new book The Telling, just out from Curbside Splendor. There are also readings by Laura Kasischke (May 11)and Alexander Chee (May 12) and a program called “Writing the Next Chapter” on Friday, … [Read more...]
Sustaining beauty
I don’t remember paying much attention to sunrises and sunsets in my youth. I suspect it is a factor of aging that makes me notice these things now. No doubt I have grown more sentimental with the years. Perhaps also it is modern times that make me more appreciative of nature. After all I don’t want to turn on the news and sometimes I am ashamed to be human. Last evening the light of the setting sun drew me outside. I never tire of the trees behind my house, stalwart … [Read more...]
Mental Health Awareness: how to contribute to the conversation
Happy May! Hope Spring is finding you; here in Chicago we’ve had some warm days and some very gray days. On the subject of gray days, did you know the suicide rate in the US has surged? The April 22 edition of the Chicago Tribune reports, “The U.S. suicide rate has increased sharply since the turn of the century, led by an even greater rise among middle-aged white people, particularly women, according to federal data released Friday.” May is Mental Health Awareness … [Read more...]
- « Previous Page
- 1
- …
- 22
- 23
- 24
- 25
- 26
- …
- 110
- Next Page »