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PUBLISHED: Jun.22.2010

Delta Girls

The lives of two disparate women—a single mother working hard to make ends meet and a young figure skater at the top of her game—entwine in an unforgettable novel of warmth, depth, and wisdom. Izzy and her daughter Quinn have been on the move for all of Quinn’s nine years. Izzy works the fields as a fruit picker, following the produce north and south through the growing season....

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PUBLISHED: Mar.16.2010

My Life with the Lincolns

Mina Edelman believes that she and her family are the Lincolns reincarnated. Her main task for the next three months: to protect her father from assassination, her mother from insanity, and herself—Willie Lincoln incarnate—from death at age twelve. Apart from that, the summer of 1966 should be like any other. But Mina’s dad begins taking Mina along to hear speeches by Martin Luther...

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PUBLISHED: Jan.23.2007

Self Storage

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PUBLISHED: May.01.2003

The Book of Dead Birds

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PUBLISHED: Mar.05.2002

Fruitflesh: Seeds of Inspiration for Women Who Write

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Oct.27.2011 - 12:48 pm

Action is the antidote to despair

I first read Thoreau’s Civil Disobedience when I was a junior in high school. It electrified me. I remember writing in my journal “After reading Thoreau, I realize I don’t have to...

Aug.30.2011 - 11:26 am

What Did the MLK, Jr. National Memorial Leave Out?

Like most Americans, I am thrilled about Chicago’s new Martin Luther King, Jr. National Memorial. I have been reading eagerly about its design, its landscaping, its emotional and...

Apr.28.2011 - 11:01 pm

How Starring in a Community Theater Musical Changed My Life

Thanks to Red Room, I have another piece out in the world--an essay about my utterly unexpected adventures as Annie Oakley in a community theater production of Annie Get Your Gun...

Apr.27.2011 - 5:43 pm

The Princess Bachelorette

The royal wedding honestly had only been on my radar in a peripheral way, but then Gina at Red Room invited me to write a piece on Kate Middleton's "last night of freedom...

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Mar.18.2009 - 1:03 pm

In response to: Transcript of my Speech at Bill's Memorial

So moving

Ericka, this made my heart both ache and soar. Thank you for sharing your wise, tender, beautiful words. xo gayle

Feb.16.2009 - 4:30 pm

In response to: Rough Notes from the Land of Grief

Oh Ericka

Thank you for sharing your experience and your pain. I am sending you love and adding my hand to the string that holds...

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About Gayle

Gayle Brandeis grew up in the Chicago area and has been writing poems and stories since she was four years old. She is the author of Fruitflesh: Seeds of Inspiration for Women Who Write (HarperOne), Dictionary Poems (Pudding House Publications), the novels...

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Causes Gayle Brandeis Supports

CODEPINK: Women for Peace, The Afghan Women's Mission, 826LA, WriteGirl, Camel Book Drive

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