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Great piece, Erin! And cool about your Chicago author's book sale--always good to hear that Chicagoans are out there representing!
My mother, who used to cut paper for me off a butcher roll when I was trying to write my first "novel" at the age of 10, and who managed to give me privacy and space to do so in a one-bedroom apartment, and always respected when I didn't want to sha…
I love Paula Boemer's work! So exciting to see her get this shout-out here!
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Book trailer for TNB Fiction Editor Gina Frangello's new collection SLUT LULLABIES
Love seeing TNB and Dzanc being loved up in the same post (well, including the comments!) I'm really honored to be affiliated with both of these fabulous publishing venues!
I plan to be there, Bethany! Thanks for hosting. My mom is having surgery a few days prior to the gathering (she lives with us), and as long as all goes well I'm going to be at this with bells on.
Chicago First SW Birthday Meetup at Bethany McLean's apartment
June 29, 2010 from 5:30pm to 8pm
First Birthday, First Meetup
Hi all--
I like Deborah's suggestion for a Chicago meet-up at Women & Children First! What a perfect venue. But since that's the end of July, maybe our June 29 get together could be at The Book Cellar. I would be happy to ask Suzy T if she has any o…
The anthology A STRANGER AMONG US: STORIES OF CROSS CULTURAL COLLISION AND CONNECTION, edited by She Writes member Stacy Bierlein, is full of international voices, both female and male, and is a great sampler for discovering women writers whose book…
And check out Dolen and WENCH on the Fiction Section of The Nervous Breakdown this week--a great self-interview with the author, and an excerpt from this compelling and provocative book! www.thenervousbreakdown.com
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www.ovbooks.com
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- Please list any books you have written, or anthologies you have contributed to, and any scripts or plays you have authored, so that we may feature them in our bookstore and on the main page.
- Slut Lullabies (Emergency Press);
My Sister's Continent (Chiasmus);
Falling Backwards: Stories of Fathers and Daughters (Hourglass);
A Stranger Among Us: Stories of Cross-Cultural Collision and Connection (OV Books);
Homewrecker: An Adultery Reader (Soft Skull)
- What media outlets, if any, do you currently write for?
- The Nervous Breakdown (www.thenervousbreakdown.com)
- Which of the following genres best describe your work?
- Fiction, Journalism
- Do you review books, television or film?
- Yes, for The Nervous Breakdown
- Are you currently part of a writers' group or a writers' salon?
- yes
- Do you have any professional associations?
- I am the founder and Executive Editor at Other Voices Books-Chicago, the Fiction Editor at The Nervous Breakdown (www.thenervousbreakdown.com), and I teach at Columbia College Chicago and Northwestern University's School of Continuing Studies
Gina Frangello's Blog
Straddling the Political and the Subjective (or "Why the PW Top 10 List Has the Right to Offend, but Is Still Offensive")
Last week, I attended Margaret Atwood's last United States event for Year of the Flood. The dramatic reading (equipped with a choir singing hymns Atwood wrote for the book) took place at Chicago's Merle Reskin theater, and was so packed that I waited in line for an hour and a half to get Atwood--one of my favorite writers since college--to sign a book. Atwood, as most avid readers know, is not only the recipient of a Booker Prize and numerous other prestigious awards, but is more than a dabbler… Continue
Posted on November 13, 2009 at 10:50pm — 5 Comments
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- At 3:24pm on September 1, 2010,
Rebecca Rasmussen said… - Hey babe -- my email address is thebirdsisters@gmail.com :)
- At 10:44am on June 29, 2010,
S. J. Powers said… - Gina, I just finished reading your book of stories, Slut Lullabies. I totally loved it!! It's an awesome book I highly recommend to all!
- At 7:33pm on March 8, 2010,
Kamy Wicoff said… - Gina, wow, "A Stranger Among Us" looks amazing and was an absolutely perfect recommendation for today's community action. Thank you so much for sharing it -- I am going to leave a note on Stacy's page right now. :)
Warm best,
Kamy
- At 10:48am on November 13, 2009,
Kamy Wicoff said…
- Gina, your comment on Ermelino's email to She Writes was one of the most thought-provoking, nuanced and fair I've read on this whole thing so far. I am really glad you called attention to the personal piece of this, in defense of an reviewer's right to stand by her books (or, ha, her men in this case), and I wonder if you'd consider doing a blog post on the subject today so that we can call attention to it when we compile the list of Day of Action posts tomorrow. Thanks for being here. And thanks for buying a book today.
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ladies.........all fabulous, kept me reading and wanting more.
Since I write more of the romantic type of novels, looks are important for my characters. I come up with their look various ways. I envision what they should look like, and write their attributes down, or I use pictures of people I clip from magazin…
My cousin, Em, doesn't see it. She sees a plain face, limp hair, fat rolls, etc. But to me she's beautiful, and maybe I'm biased, but she's the most beautiful woman I've ever known or seen. It's because she's the sister I never had, my sister in Chr…
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