Bett Norris | Author

Bett Norris
Writer, author, and lover of books.

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Radio interview 9/26/11

Sep.07.2011

On September 26 at 9 am, I will talk with Emily Cherin on WSCA 106.1 fm in Portsmouth. Here's the link to listen in http://portsmouthcommunityradio.org/.

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PUBLISHED: Oct.15.2009

What's Best for Jane

What's Best for Jane picks up in 1975, ten years after the close of Miss McGhee.

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PUBLISHED: Aug.09.2009

Beside Myself

Bett Norris, editor: Sandy Moore's memoir of her childhood, growing up on a cotton farm in Frost, Texas, filled with humor and fond reminiscence, told from the unique perspective and voice of a little girl who spent her days following her father, riding horses, driving tractors, fishing, drawing. Moore's remarkable achievement in this work will provoke both laughter and tears as...

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PUBLISHED: May.10.2007

Miss McGhee

When Mary McGhee moved to a small Alabama town shortly after the Second World War, she was sure she could change her life for good: a new job, a new place, and a chance for a new life. But then she met Lila Dubose, the wife of her new employer. Set in the shadow of the civil rights movement, Miss McGhee is a sweeping tale of forbidden love in a turbulent time. Miss McGhee is a...

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Oct.06.2011 - 3:00 am

In Honor of Gay History Month

Tribute: noun 1. a gift, testimonial, compliment, or the like, given as due or in acknowledgment of gratitude or esteem. 2. a stated sum or other valuable consideration paid by...

Jun.28.2011 - 6:05 am

My Favorite LGBT literature Part II

Alice Street Editions has released a new edition of this 1986 novel by author Katherine V. Forrest, originally published by Naiad Press. If you read this novel long ago, it is...

Jun.28.2011 - 6:00 am

My Favorite LGBT literature

I just finished re-reading Desert of the Heart, written by Jane Rule, for about the twentieth time. It is a remarkable, perfect little book. I have almost memorized certain lines...

Jun.13.2011 - 5:07 am

Bookstore Appearances

Local author Bett Norris will read from her new novel, What’s Best for Jane, at the newly opened independent bookstore called Bookstore1Sarasota, located at...

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May.24.2009 - 2:47 am

In response to: A Dozen Muse Rules

Some very helpful ideas.

Some very helpful ideas. Though my partner, an artist herself, is very understanding and supportive, I am sending her...

Mar.16.2009 - 9:33 am

In response to: Butt in the Chair

Bum Glue

Would twere that it were so.

Mar.03.2009 - 11:08 am

In response to: Smart Women and Publishing

The shame of ambition

A colleague at my job, one who has told me more than once that he's never read my novel, (set in the South during the...

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Jul.25.2008

Miss McGhee

Published by amamzon.com

"This issue is racial and other discrimination as the backdrop to a love story between two women in the 40s and 50s. The love story is so achingly beautiful. The discrimination...

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About Bett

Born and raised in Alabama, I grew up about forty miles from Harper Lee's home town. It was inevitable that her novel, To Kill a Mockingbird, influenced my writing. I graduated from the University of Alabama with a BA in history and a burning desire to write...

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