The Writers Who Read series continues this week with writer and activist Shelley Ettinger. Who are you? I’m Shelley Ettinger. I’m a longtime activist in the LGBTQ movement and in anti-racist, anti-war and union struggles. I began writing creatively about 15 years ago; since then my poetry and short fiction have been published in dozens of … [Read more…]
The Writers Who Read series continues this week with Lynn Kanter. Who are you? I’m the author of Her Own Vietnam, a novel about a woman who served as a U.S. Army nurse in Vietnam, and 30 years later must grapple with her history on the eve of the war in Iraq. The book was … [Read more…]
The Writers Who Read series continues this week with Aline Ohanesian. Who are you? Aline Ohanesian, author of Orhan’s Inheritance (Algonquin Books, April 7, 2015) What are three beloved books you first read before the age of 12? My parents weren’t big readers. I remember reading Nancy Drew mysteries because a family friend gave me a … [Read more…]
The Writers Who Read series continues today with Pamela DiFrancesco. Who are you? My name is Pamela DiFrancesco. I’m a writer of fiction who has been published in literary magazines such as The New Ohio Review and Monkeybicycle. The Devils That Have Come to Stay is my first novel. I’m also a social justice activist, … [Read more…]
The Writers Who Read series continues this week with Laura Madeline Wiseman. Who are you? I’m an avid long-distance cyclist and train for big rides like RAGBRAI year round. I tend a vegetable garden in the summer. I have three cats and a dog. I am also the author of the collaborative book of short stories … [Read more…]
The Writers Who Read series continues this week with writer Chrissy Kolaya. Who are you? I’m a poet and fiction writer, parent, and partner. I teach writing at a small university in rural Minnesota. My books are Any Anxious Body, a book of poems published by the fabulous Broadstone Books in spring 2014 and a … [Read more…]
The Writers Who Read series continues this week with novelist Nancy Slavin. Who are you? I’m a mom, writer, educator, editor and publisher, but not necessarily in that order. My literary novel, Moorings, came out in 2013 and I’ve got others in the works. People can find me at http://nancyslavin.com or on Twitter @NancySlavin1. What … [Read more…]
The Writers Who Read series continues this week with Tracy Manaster. Who are you? Tracy Manaster, author of the just-released YOU COULD BE HOME BY NOW. What are three beloved books you first read before the age of 12? Is it cheating too terribly much to list a series? Maude Hart Lovelace’s BETSY-TACY books are … [Read more…]
Our Writers Who Read series continues this week with writer Ann Gelder. Who are you? A novelist, nonfiction writer, and recovering academic. My first novel, Bigfoot and the Baby, published by Bona Fide Books this past June, tells the story of a frustrated homemaker who searches for God and finds Bigfoot instead. (You can learn more at Bona Fide … [Read more…]
Our Writers Who Read series continues this week with Kelly Ann Jacobson. Who are you? My name is Kelly Ann Jacobson, and I am the author of the literary novel Cairo in White and the young adult series The Zaniyah Trilogy. Cairo in White is about a closeted Egyptian teen, Zahra, who finds herself in an arranged … [Read more…]