When I read about this book in O Magazine, I thought, Hmmm, could be interesting. Because, you see, I if I’m blatantly honest, I’ve been trying to stay a certain weight all my life. Ostensibly for health, but really for looks. Roth, in a chapter called “Tigers in the Mind” begins: “No matter how developed […]
Spilling Open
Wow. I just finished the most amazing book. I’m eager to share it with Liliana when she’s old enough. I think this would become one of those books that acts as Are You There, God? It’s Me, Margaret did for teenaged girls way back when. What a relief, what a revelation–when you realize that someone […]
Revisions–What To Do When You Don’t Want To Do Them
Fanfare, please! Ta-da! We have two winners of John Jodzio’s signed short story collection, If You Lived Here You’d Already Be Home. They are, in no official order: Dani Rice & Jess [If the two of you would e-mail me at comment4elissa at gmail dot com (or FB me) with your address, I’ll gladly mail […]
Bigger Fish
Hey! Over here! Are you a good listener…an active listener? Or an eye-wandering, bigger-fish-to-fry kind of person? Or an interrupter, like me? [I’m trying, I’m really trying…to SHUT UP! My mind starts whirring when you start talking, and I’m afraid I’ll forget what I’m going to say. Still. I know that’s no excuse!] Here are […]