My love affair with all-things-bookish goes way back, so I barely paused before volunteering to help at my library’s handmade books workshop. As well, my friend Jerri had recently won this year’s MFA Contest in the Amoskeag Journal, and in honor of her award, the ‘concertina’ or ‘flower fold’ style book seemed the perfect something special. After…
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Whistle while you work
Forgive the post title — it’s way past my bedtime and I’m punchy. But I just had to tell you what I’m up to. For the next two weeks I’ll be in that delicious bubble otherwise known as the residency for the graduate writing program at SNHU, only this year I’ve got a new gig….
The Pink Dress and a Black Robe
It’s been a wild and woolly few weeks, culminating in my graduation last Saturday evening. Final academic requirement for the MFA was a 20-minute public reading from the body of work produced over the past two years. Seeing as my project title is Homemade Heart, it seemed absolutely necessary that I make my outfit for the…
Writing Journey – School Report #1
Sunday – day #3. Today we meet and spend the day with Anne Fadiman, our visting master writer. We are in our own bubble of writers and words here, in a beautiful New Hampshire mountain setting. There is even a fox den at the base of our dormitory’s hill, amidst a burbling brook and giant ferns. The momentum…