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Angie M. Flanagan: Beginnings, Endings and the Surprises in Between

12/10/2014 By Ellen Beals Leave a Comment

When I was a little girl, I had a recurring dream that a beautiful woman with dark hair smiled benevolently down at me. “Would you like to see your life?” She asked. “How you live, and how you die?” I can be a bit on the impatient side. I’ve always struggled with the urge to read the last page of the book first, so I let the woman take me by the hand. She led me into an ornate theater. Twin angels stood on either side of red curtains. “Just say the word,” she … [Read more...]

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Safe Shall Be My Going, December 14 at Evanston Public Library

11/30/2014 By Ellen Beals Leave a Comment

Two weeks from today you can hear a great presentation by Solace in So Many Words contributor Joan Corwin. As I mentioned in an earlier post, this year marks the 100-year anniversary of World War I.  Safe Shall Be My Going is Joan’s prize-winning novella about that war and she will be reading from it at Evanston Public Library, Sunday, December 14, at 3 pm. Joan wrote to me about the upcoming event in an email: "As many of you know, July 28, 2014 marked the centennial of … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Blog Tagged With: 100 year anniversary of World War I, Anthology, Ellen Wade Beals, Evanston Public Library, Joan Corwin, Press 53, Safe Shall Be My Going, Solace in So Many Words, Weighed Words, World War I

Literary news: light and dark

11/21/2014 By Ellen Beals Leave a Comment

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...]

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

11/14/2014 By Ellen Beals Leave a Comment

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...]

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Remember these upcoming bookfairs

11/08/2014 By Ellen Beals Leave a Comment

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Filed Under: Blog Tagged With: Chicago Book Expo, Curbside Splendor, Curbside Splendor Pop Up Book Fair, Ellen Wade Beals, Indie Bookfair, Re/Invent Gallery, Solace in So Many Words, Weighed Words

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