Women | Women
May.02.2009
I do not understand why women consider themselves the second sex. Why did Carol Ann Duffy think “long and hard” before accepting the position of Britain’s Poet Laureate? Is it because she is “the first woman and lesbian to hold the royal post in its 341-year history”? Did she not already know her...
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Apr.29.2009
Although I couldn't put down "Kavalier and Clay," the super novel about superheros -- and how the comic book industry came into being in North America in the 1930s -- when it was published a few years ago, it's a long time since I have really read a comic book right through (I'm not...
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Apr.28.2009
I know — it's ugly and wrong. The only times I post on here is when I'm promoting a talk for "Knowing Pains." I'm sure this will send me straight to writer hell. I'll take that risk.
I'll be joining the editor of and other contributors to "Knowing Pains" as well as the editor...
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Apr.01.2009
I recently posted on my "articles" page an essay I wrote for another place a while ago. "Bidding the Buddha Goodbye" is essentially my feelings and reminiscences of the stark beauty and peace I found on a visit to Bahmian as a child in 1972 - following the year of the Indo-...
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Mar.29.2009
I have found that in the culture of dating, there is a superficial element that blocks true friendship; that the spiritual integrity of some is lost in grappling with worldly ambitions. Within the Kingdom of God, in the sincerity of our heart there should not exist the malice of our intentions,...
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Mar.29.2009
I have found that in the culture of dating, there is a superficial element that blocks true friendship; that the spiritual integrity of some is lost in grappling with worldly ambitions. Within the Kingdom of God, in the sincerity of our heart there should not exist the malice of our intentions,...
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Mar.20.2009
for some.
Doe Star Angel
Doe Star Angel,
he said to her after
he was done, his hands
finally tired, one nail ripped.
That's what she heard.
Then he said, don't start,
angel, and she realized
he was worried she might
cry, but she was just hungry
and thinking of the bagel
shop, the one on the corner...
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Mar.14.2009
WOMEN IN JAZZ SOUTH FLORIDA, INC. celebrated Women's History Month with a performance by the Women in Jazz Ensemble at the African American Research Library in Fort Lauderdale, FL. See photos at Diva JC's photo gallery
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Mar.09.2009
I look forward to the first cup of morning coffee almost as much I look forward to seeing my boy come through the door from school each day. Both make me jubilant. The anticipation livens my day.
I like crème with my coffee and a teaspoon of sugar. Nothing else - except maybe a dollop of real...
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Mar.09.2009
In a two-part interview with Career by Choice, a blog run by expat career coach Megan Fitzgerald in Rome, this week I talk about the lessons of Expat Harem in forging my expat writing life. Answering questions about personal branding and career success abroad, I explain how writing about my life...
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