Hello. I’m checking in to say hi, wondering how you all are faring. It seems to me everyone is anxious these days and maybe depressed and angry too. Keep heart. Here’s a new diversion for you. My friend Sharon Fiffer and her husband Steven Fiffer, both well-known Evanston writers, recently started STORIED STUFF: Show and Tell For Grown-Ups. It launched May 25. Here’s how Sharon describes it: “At storied-stuff.com, come discover the treasures that others hold dear—and … [Read more...]
Settling into September
Not much to report except to say I am finding comfort in routine. My wonderful writing group The Writers has started up again, and my Wednesdays are all about writing, my writing friends, and hearing and critiquing new work. So far Sharon Fiffer and Goldie Goldbloom have moderated. You may know Sharon Fiffer from her mystery books (the Jane Wheel series), the anthologies she worked on with her husband Steve Fiffer, or from their Evanston writing workshops. Also, she's let … [Read more...]
mid-July news: Kirk, Somlo
Hey there—hope you're having some summer fun. For summer reading you might want to check out two recent publications by Kathleen Kirk. She has a poem “We, the Impressionable” in One, which is a project by by Jacara Press, "a community active press." Also she has “Laundering Instructions” in Right Hand Pointing, a digital publication featuring "Short, poetry, short fiction and short art" for the past ten years. Patty Somlo has a story “The Moment I Parted the … [Read more...]
Sharon Fiffer “Losing and Finding”
Losing and Finding Someone close to me suffered a loss. A real one. It’s something that, without question, will impact her life forever. What do we do when that happens to people we love? We offer our company, maybe some food, a shoulder to cry on, a listening ear, an open heart. We also share their rage and sense of injustice. Life didn’t keep its promise! We, too, raise our fists and shout and cry. We also offer platitudes, easy phrases that someone might have … [Read more...]
All in a row
Printers Row Lit Fest was hot and fun. Weighed Words had record sales for a bookfair, and we got to talk with lots of cool people. Stopping by on Saturday was Chicago writer Sharon Solwitz. She's the author of Blood Mary and Blood and Milk (Sarabande) and teaches at Purdue Univeristy and was on hand for the "Neither Fish nor Fowl" reading put on by Northwestern MA/MFA faculty. Sharon Fiffer (friend to Solace in So Many Words) stopped by after her panel on the cozy … [Read more...]