by Jane Percy | Oct 22, 2025 | posts
Walt Whitman’s Poem, “Crossing Brooklyn Bridge,” reminds me in Stanza 6 to be conscious of my river in a new way: “Just as you are refreshed by the gladness of the river, and the bright flow, I was refreshed.” First, a short reverie about my river, The Mystic River...
by Ginny Bitting | Sep 29, 2025 | posts
Two years after Jake started his sheep farm near Big Alkali Lake, he put on his best clothes and went to propose. He even knelt down. Lanna laughed and then frowned. “Build me a proper house, and I will consider it.” He nodded. She was right. His house of sod wouldn’t...
by Lisa Brownell | Sep 19, 2025 | posts
When I wrapped up a career in public relations and editing, I looked forward to spending as much time as I wanted to writing fiction, but I also needed to try at least one thing different, something away from computer screens. Deep down I knew what that could be: I...
by Bethe Dufresne | Sep 14, 2025 | posts
Books tend to arrive on my horizon when I need them, and that was the case last month when I read about a 50th anniversary, graphic novel edition of the classic young adult novel “Tuck Everlasting” by Natalie Babbitt. I had never read “Tuck,” which isn’t surprising...
by Susan Kietzman | Sep 3, 2025 | posts
What you’re about to read was written 15 years ago, for an NPR fiction writing contest. I can’t remember the word limit…but the entry was to include the words fly, button, trick, and plant. It was a fun exercise! I don’t think I sent it to anyone, except NPR. So, here...
by Maura Casey | Aug 5, 2025 | posts
Writing a book is a leap of faith – faith in yourself, in the years-long process of producing the work, and in the belief that the written word makes a difference. It took me five years to write and publish my book, “Saving Ellen: A Memoir of Hope and Recovery” from...
