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Nov 10, 2010

Amy Dryansky commented on the blog post '“Your Silence Will Not Protect You”: A Conversation Between WILLA Co-Founders and Co-Directors Erin Belieu and Cate Marvin'

I had no idea this interview/exchange was here and I'm so glad to find it! There is so much here that's familiar to my experience as a woman, poet and mother. Thanks for putting your energy behind this project.

Jun 22, 2010

Ilie Ruby commented on the blog post 'WILLA GOES LIVE! Our website is up and running.'

Will definitely check this out! http://www.facebook.com/pages/Ilie-Ruby/200978600608?ref=ts

Apr 2, 2010

WILLA GOES LIVE! Our website is up and running.

Dear friends,We're happy to announce the official launch of WILLA's web presence. WILLA (Women in Letters & Literary Arts) intends to kick major ass in the literary world by looking closely at all the issues that concern women writers of literature NOW.Please join us. You can find us at:willaweb.orgMy best,CateSee More

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Tara Betts commented on the blog post '“Your Silence Will Not Protect You”: A Conversation Between WILLA Co-Founders and Co-Directors Erin Belieu and Cate Marvin'

So glad I read this. It had me thinking of "The Grand Permission: New Writings on Poetics and Motherhood" edited Rachel Blau DuPlessis and "Women Poets on Mentorship" edited by Arielle Greenberg and Rachel Zucker. I do agree that…

Mar 24, 2010

Wendy Babiak commented on the blog post '“Your Silence Will Not Protect You”: A Conversation Between WILLA Co-Founders and Co-Directors Erin Belieu and Cate Marvin'

What a joy to read this today. I've been suffering a sort of illusion of solitude; this proves I'm not alone! Thank you so much for the work you're doing.

Jan 8, 2010

Bernice L. McFadden left a comment for Cate Marvin

Dear Cate: You may not know me or my work, but I am the national bestselling, award winning novelist of six critically acclaimed novels who has been twice nominated for the Pulitzer Prize in Fiction. On Jan 9th, 2010 my debut novel, SUGAR will…

Dec 10, 2009

Jennifer Jean left a comment for Cate Marvin

hello! glad to be connected to you here (via she writes). and i'm a willa fan for sure. btw your "conversation" with erin belieu floored me--really i only got through your first answer and will be returning to it tommorow to see what…

Nov 29, 2009

Alicia Suskin Ostriker commented on the blog post '“Your Silence Will Not Protect You”: A Conversation Between WILLA Co-Founders and Co-Directors Erin Belieu and Cate Marvin'

Dear Cate and Erin, You women rock. You are fantastic writers, woman writers, woman-as-mother writers, woman-as-activist writers: intelligent, eloquent, with long memories and high hopes--you are MY dream come true, and I'm ordering your books…

Nov 14, 2009

Millicent O'Reilly commented on the blog post '“Your Silence Will Not Protect You”: A Conversation Between WILLA Co-Founders and Co-Directors Erin Belieu and Cate Marvin'

Cate and Erin, Thanks for this--aspects of it eerily echo my experience too, although in addition to the prevalence of male mentorships I had growing up, I want to give the fabulous Aimee Bender a shout-out for being an incredibly generous and…

Nov 13, 2009

Elle Evette commented on the blog post '“Your Silence Will Not Protect You”: A Conversation Between WILLA Co-Founders and Co-Directors Erin Belieu and Cate Marvin'

Thank you for sharing. This was honest, informative and beautifully written. I wish you much success with WILLA. p.s. Audre Lorde should be required reading in High Schools.

Nov 13, 2009

Pamela Mahoney Tsigdinos commented on the blog post '“Your Silence Will Not Protect You”: A Conversation Between WILLA Co-Founders and Co-Directors Erin Belieu and Cate Marvin'

Your headline grabbed me because the last two lines in the introduction to my book, Silent Sorority, is, "With the stigma and judgment surrounding this difficult human experience, it’s not surprising that many choose not to speak about…

Nov 13, 2009

JoAnn Balingit commented on the blog post '“Your Silence Will Not Protect You”: A Conversation Between WILLA Co-Founders and Co-Directors Erin Belieu and Cate Marvin'

Thank you for this conversation. I have great hopes for WILLA. I also recognize experiences you talk about. It has taken me years--far too many years--to learn my silence won't protect me.

Nov 13, 2009

Cathy Day commented on the blog post '“Your Silence Will Not Protect You”: A Conversation Between WILLA Co-Founders and Co-Directors Erin Belieu and Cate Marvin'

Thanks for sharing your stories. I recognized bit and pieces of my own evolution as a woman writer in here. Thank you for starting WILLA.

Nov 13, 2009

“Your Silence Will Not Protect You”: A Conversation Between WILLA Co-Founders and Co-Directors Erin Belieu and Cate Marvin

Overview:When Kamy kindly asked us to write a piece for She Writes, Cate Marvin and I kicked around some ideas about what its readership might find interesting. We considered writing about the founding of WILLA and its daily operations (Women in Letters and Literary Arts is the new national organization we’ve started to promote the recognition of women’s achievements in writing). Ultimately, we decided this approach might be a little dull in its particulars, as most of our time is spent on long…See More

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Who I am:: www.catemarvin.com
www.vidaweb.org

Books I've written, anthologies I've contributed to, and any scripts or plays I've authored:: World's Tallest Disaster (Sarabande, 2001)
Fragment of the Head of a Queen (Sarabande, 2007)

Anthology: Legitimate Dangers: American Poets of the 21st Century (Sarabande, 2006)

My writing is:: Poetry

My professional associations:: WILLA (Women in Letters and Literary Arts), cofounder and co-director

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WILLA GOES LIVE! Our website is up and running.

Posted on April 1, 2010 at 10:31pm 1 Comment 0 Likes

Dear friends,

We're happy to announce the official launch of WILLA's web presence. WILLA (Women in Letters & Literary Arts) intends to kick major ass in the literary world by looking closely at all the issues that concern women writers of literature NOW.

Please join us. You can find us at:

willaweb.org

My best,

Cate

“Your Silence Will Not Protect You”: A Conversation Between WILLA Co-Founders and Co-Directors Erin Belieu and Cate Marvin

Posted on November 12, 2009 at 3:37pm 9 Comments 1 Like

Overview:

When Kamy kindly asked us to write a piece for She Writes, Cate Marvin and I kicked around some ideas about what its readership might find interesting. We considered writing about the founding of WILLA and its daily operations (Women in Letters and Literary Arts is the new national organization we’ve started to promote the recognition of women’s achievements in writing). Ultimately, we decided this approach might be a little dull in its particulars, as most of our time is… Continue

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At 9:42am on December 10, 2009, Bernice L. McFadden said…: Dear Cate:

You may not know me or my work, but I am the national bestselling, award winning novelist of six critically acclaimed novels who has been twice nominated for the Pulitzer Prize in Fiction.

On Jan 9th, 2010 my debut novel, SUGAR will celebrate its 10th anniversary and in order to commemorate this milestone I am campaigning to sell 10,000 copies between now and that date.

“Bernice L. McFadden's first novel begins with the brief, poetic description of a crime so startling that the reader is helplessly drawn in, as if a bright red door stood ajar on a bleak and forbidding house. Pearl Taylor's daughter, Jude, has been found murdered and mutilated near a field at the edge of town. "The murder had white man written all over it," writes McFadden. "But no one would say it above a whisper. It was 1940. It was Bigelow, Arkansas. It was a black child. Need any more be said?" In the years that follow, Pearl catches sight of Jude in so many strangers that when Sugar Lacey comes to town and sets up her unwholesome "business" in the house next door, she doesn't know whether to believe what she sees in Sugar's face: a striking similarity to Jude, dead 15 years. In her sedate but supple prose--rising at times to a light, unforced lyricism in the description of landscape or character--the author perfectly renders the closed and protective society of a small Southern town, the superstitions, gossip, and prying.”

I’m asking that you purchase a copy of SUGAR for yourself, a friend or family member. And yes, KINDLE purchases count.

If you could help spread the word by blogging, twittering and Face-booking my campaign, it would mean the world to me.

Peace & Light,

Bernice L. McFadden
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At 9:28pm on November 28, 2009, Jennifer Jean said…: hello! glad to be connected to you here (via she writes). and i'm a willa fan for sure. btw your "conversation" with erin belieu floored me--really i only got through your first answer and will be returning to it tommorow to see what erin will say. my chapbook is "forthcoming" next year and i'm freaking out about the teeny exposure it'll afford me (don't really want to be seen either!). also i'm dissapointed/pissed at the reality of the male dominated po-biz. ug. anyway, take care :)

At 3:42pm on August 17, 2009, Kamy Wicoff said…: Dear Cate,
So glad you are here, and can't wait to see WILA unfold, and flourish. Your leadership and your drive inspire me...
Warm best,
Kamy

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