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Jul.07.2011
Introducing silence into your life may not only counterbalance the stress effect, it may help you achieve mindful awareness and inner peace.
Several months ago I interviewed Anne D. LeClaire, author of "Listening Below the Noise." The book -- part memoir, part philosophical reflection -- is a...
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Apr.12.2011
In recognition of Women's History Month in March, I asked several Red Room authors to write about women who inspired them to become writers themselves. It was my pleasure to shepherd these articles to The Huffington Post's books page, AOL's Black Voices, AOL News, or to Red Room's Originals...
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Mar.27.2011
By Gina Misiroglu
In recognition of Women's History Month, Red Room asked several of its authors to write about women who inspired them to become writers themselves. It's been my pleasure to shepherd these articles to The Huffington Post's books page, AOL's Black Voices, AOL News, or to Red Room's...
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Mar.18.2011
When I was first asked to write a piece on the one woman, living or dead, who has inspired me most as a woman and as a writer, the choice seemed self-servingly obvious: Louisa May Alcott. Outside of the fact that everyone loves her -- I mean, who doesn't love Little Women? except maybe the...
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Mar.01.2011
I wrote this article originally for the British children's writing blog An Awfully Big Blog Adventure. It created quite a stir globally...so I thought Redroom readers should have the opportunity to see what I said.
One Saturday night Martin Amis was talking about his antihero, John Self, on the...
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Jul.16.2010
I just read that the average woman is a size 14! That’s good news for those of us who view ourselves as oversized. It's a mindset we've cultivated after years of looking at models in magazines and on television. Being told my dress size is average is particularly empowering if I take it to mean...
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Jun.10.2009
The big news story of the day is that Swoop the Attack Bird continues to threaten unsuspecting pedestrians. And even some suspecting ones. I know this because Laina Adler, my friend and colleague here at HarperOne (motto: “We publish the truth and nothing but the truth, so help us God”) told me...
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Apr.17.2009
The below piece first appeared on The Huffington Post on January 12, 2009. I think it deserves a second look in light of Thursday's disclosure by Attorney General Eric Holder that there will be no prosecution for CIA interrogators who were following orders. Implicit in the notion of "insurance...
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