I had a lovely dinner with my Books & Culture editor John Wilson and his wife on Saturday evening. Wendy made the most fantastic meal–a delicious soup from Simply in Season (which reminded me to pull it out of my cookbook cupboard when I returned home!), the most savory fish-and-caper-over-rice meal, with a delicious side […]
A Punch of Color
Okay, so I trotted up to the cities yesterday to find some cool, funky fabric for summer dresses for Liliana and aprons for the two of us. I’m set. Now all I need to do is go to Chicago this weekend, get my talk done, a panel moderated, and I’m good to go. Oh, except […]
More News on Eve!
Tonight, I’m reading at Open Book in Minneapolis–the home, too, of The Loft Literary Center–both of which are staunch supporters of writers. I know. I was one of the recipients of their Loft Mentor Series in 2003-2004, and it was a wonderful experience. It wasn’t until then I began to see that writing was a […]
Reviews and Dorothy Day
Two more lovely reviews of Eve from the Minneapolis Star Tribune and the Historical Novels Review. You can read portions of them on the Media page. Well, for a long time now I’ve wanted to read Dorothy Day’s autobiography The Long Loneliness, because I’ve read other books about her, written by other people, and I […]
Religion vs. Atheism
I first heard about this book through Books & Culture, and having finished it just now, I would suggest everyone read it–no matter what you believe. Reason #1: The book is 67 pages. You can read it in a jiffy. Reason #2: The two debaters on either end of the spectrum (religion vs. atheism) go […]