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On Rereading Little Women and Anne of Green Gables

nicheomyown wrote 4 hours ago: May 20, 2013     Well, I certainly took a break from this blog-keeping/making.     Don’t ask w … more →

Tags: Reading, Anne Mazer, Anne of Green Gables, Emily Dickinson, Harriet Reisen, little women, Louisa May Alcott, Lucy Maud Montgomery, Lyndall Gordon

"A Family's Path to Recovery" at 92Y

Andy B wrote 3 months ago: There was another truly inspiring event held at the “92nd Street Y” in New York City as … more →

Tags: 92nd Street Y, Books, 92Y, Lectures, Talks, Q and A, Judith Moyers, William C. Moyers, Bill Moyers

170 Years Ago in Concord3 comments

suzannesmom wrote 7 months ago: We had to cut down a sick sugar maple near our house. The arborist counted the rings: 170. 170 years … more →

Tags: thoreau, Hawthorne, Emerson, american bloomsbury, alcott

Susan Cheever discusses her biography on Louisa May Alcott3 comments

susanwbailey wrote 8 months ago: Here is a video I found of Susan Cheever discussing her book, Louisa May Alcott A Personal Biography … more →

Tags: Adult Biographies, Books about Louisa May Alcott, Louisa May Alcott: A Personal Biography by Susan Cheeve, video of Susan Cheever discussing Louisa May Alcott A P

What I Read in May 2012

SilverSeason wrote 11 months ago: Dai Sijie, Balzac and the Little Chinese Seamstress. Two teen-age boys are sent to the remote countr … more →

Tags: balzac, alcott, Feminism, Louisa May Alcott, John Cheever, Dai Sijie, Alison Lurie, Stendahl, Chaucer

Susan Cheever's Doctors & Women3 comments

Kat wrote 11 months ago: There are so many great out-of-print books:  books that have their moment and then vanish.  When I w … more →

Tags: doctors women

Treetops: A Family Memoir3 comments

SilverSeason wrote 1 year ago: I can’t seem to leave the Cheever family alone. After John Cheever’s Journals and, more … more →

Tags: Books, John Cheever, Treetops

Biography of Louisa May Alcott by Susan Cheever5 comments

Lauren wrote 1 year ago: In theory, I have never liked biographies. I say ‘in theory’ because, if I’m being … more →

Tags: Classics, Worth a look, Biography, Books, Literature, Reading, Classic, little women, Louisa May Alcott

When a writer writes you back...19 comments

broadsideblog wrote 1 year ago: Image via Wikipedia Have you ever written to an author whose work leaves you a little gobsmacked? I … more →

Tags: Behavior, Culture, Education, Work, Life, Children, Books, Authors, caitlin kelly

Simply Books! November Meeting

CPL Readers Corner wrote 1 year ago: Our book group for adults, Simply Books!, met this past Sunday.  It was a small group (just three of … more →

Tags: Simply Books! Meetings, simply books, Booklists, Vanessa Diffenbaugh, rosamund lupton, Kate Wenner

The Reasons We Write31 comments

Lisa A. Kramer wrote 1 year ago: Why? This question has floated through my head often lately, as I face the reality of making an actu … more →

Tags: on writing, connections 2, life 2, Theatre, Art, and Education, A Writer's Life, Louisa May Alcott, orson scott card, Virginia Woolf, Isaac Asimov

Creating a Community33 comments

Lisa A. Kramer wrote 1 year ago: “He was the force behind the first community of professional writers in the New World, a commu … more →

Tags: on writing, connections 2, life 2, Society, Culture, and the Occasional Political Rant, Arts, Blogging, Community, Ralph Waldo Emerson, Louisa May Alcott

cheeverian anger

culturalsallies wrote 1 year ago: N: This was one of my odder reading experiences.  For most of Susan Cheever’s Desire: Where Se … more →

Tags: desire, DESIRE: WHERE SEX MEETS ADDICTION

One year old today! Celebrating with a special gift for you!8 comments

susanwbailey wrote 1 year ago: I recently watched again the PBS film Louisa May Alcott The Woman Behind Little Women  and thoroughl … more →

Tags: Harriet Reisen, Louisa May Alcott, Louisa May Alcott: The Woman Behind Little Women, May Alcott, Abigail May Alcott, marmee, The Lost Summer of Louisa May Alcott, Kelly O'Connor McNees, Friends of Louisa May Alcott

Finding the Magic 3 comments

Gretchen Haertsch wrote 1 year ago: In last week’s blog, Sandy Cody wrote about using the beginning of her novel and its inciting incide … more →

Tags: women and writing, Writing Inspiration, Louisa May Alcott, Carl Sessions Stepp, Craft of Writing, Magic of Writing, memoir, Biography

The best tips I got at the 1st residency

sarahrose80 wrote 1 year ago: Will you all post your favorite tips, too? -”Figure out where you’re coming from with th … more →

Tags: Advice, Shiela Kohler, Askold Melnyczuk, sven birkerts

Sugar in My Bowl: book review

Amy Steele wrote 1 year ago: Sugar in My Bowl: Real Women Write about Real Sex , edited by Erica Jong. Publisher: ECCO (June 14, … more →

Tags: Books, Molly Jong-Fast, erica jong, Sugar in My Bowl, Rosemary Daniell, Rebecca Walker, Susie Bright, Linda Gray Sexton, Gail Collins

Listen to Susan Cheever talk about her biography on Louisa May Alcott and other Concord Writers

susanwbailey wrote 1 year ago: Here’s a podcast where you can listen to Susan Cheever talk about her latest book, Louisa May … more →

Tags: Louisa May Alcott, a look inside Louisa, Books about Louisa May Alcott, Friends of Louisa May Alcott, Ralph Waldo Emerson, Louisa May Alcott: A Personal Biography by Susan Cheeve, Henry David Thoreau, Transcendentalism, Margaret Fuller

Reviews of 'Sugar In My Bowl' 1 comment

margotmagowan wrote 2 years ago: From Kirkus: The approaches to the still-taboo topic of feminine sexuality—at least, for women write … more →

Tags: Books, Sugar in My Bowl, erica jong, Fay Weldon, kirkus, Rebecca Walker, Elsia Albert, Anne Roiphe, Elisa Albert


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