Tag: Reading
May 16, 2009
Their Eyes Were Watching God
A friend of mine is a librarian in the Chicago system. She’s actually second-in-command at my favorite branch, the Bee branch in Bronzeville Recently, the librarians made a retreat. In […]
READ MOREMay 13, 2009
Vampires
“It’s a truth universally acknowledged that a zombie in possession of brains must be in want of more brains.” This is the captivating opening sentence of Pride and Prejudice and […]
READ MOREMay 8, 2009
New York: Hardball and Dorothy
I’m back from New York, where I spent an energizing morning with my publishers, talking about plans for the publication of Hardball, the next book in my V I series. […]
READ MOREMay 3, 2009
Potpourri
I hope everyone saw The Bookwitch’s tribute to Pete Seeger, who turns 90 today. It’s Sunday night in Chicago; I leave for New York early Monday. I’ve been proofing galleys […]
READ MOREApril 29, 2009
May 1 is Indie Day
This is a post by Kevin Guilfoyle, a fine writer, whose posts and thoughts are always deeply helpful to me. Here’s a chance to see one or more of your […]
READ MOREApril 23, 2009
Adios, Texas?
Texas Governor Perry isn’t ruling out secession as the statement of the proud and independent people of Texas to the U.S. government. Texas is tired of paying federal taxes and […]
READ MOREApril 21, 2009
A brief return to euphoria
A friend of mine went to DC for Barack’s inauguration, and I just received her pictures. I know the glow has faded under the unrelenting economic misery, but the pictures […]
READ MOREApril 15, 2009
Judy Krug
Judy Krug died on Saturday, April 11. As a fierce advocate of the 1st Amendment, she began the Freedom to Read Foundation, which supports U.S. libraries in their ongoing struggle […]
READ MOREApril 7, 2009
Playing through the Pain
Passover starts at sundown on April 8. We’re supposed to “leave the House of Bondage.” I think about the things/feelings I’m in bondage to–my fears, my obsessions–and wonder how I […]
READ MOREMarch 31, 2009
Hobby Horse
I need a hobby. In some ways, my time is overbooked, with volunteer work, family obligations, and working on my writing, but I don’t do anything relaxing or fun with […]
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