Please join us 5/20/13, 7 - 7:30 pm EST (6 PM CST), as Tiferet Talk Host Melissa Studdard speaks with fabulous poet and creative nonfiction writer Molly Peacock about a variety of topics, including her newly released book The Paper Garden: Mrs. Delany Begins Her Life's Work at 72.



Former Poet-in-Residence at the American…

I've about had it with cold and gray here in Philadelphia, PA, USA. So, here's a blog post I wrote to cheer myself up:

Hawaii's Botanical Tropical Garden

 It's photo intensive. Enjoy.

Suzanne

Today on "Reality Check" we have an interview with Rhonda Penders, who is Editor-in-Chief of the independent publishing house The Wild Rose Press. Below, Rhonda shares some of her advice on getting published.

[ZB] Hi Rhonda! Thank you so much for taking the time to answer my questions.…

WONDER MIKE & MASTER GEE

A five, six, seven,…

Gretl Claggett: Your latest book, The Paper Garden: An Artist {Begins Her Life’s Work} at 72, is a bold, risky, tour-de-force that defies categorization—released at a time when publishing is playing it safe. Tell us about the genesis of this book, your extensive research, and how you came to intertwine your personal story with the biography of your protagonist, Mrs. Delany, who lived…

Segment 31: When a Third World Came West

We stood linking the ends of each others hands in front of the justice of the peace more because it was the thing to do than because we really wanted to do it because we both felt uncomfortable and kept shifting our weights as we stood.  There we were under the white bridal arch with wicker X’s that crossed and made room for the fake plastic ivy vines to wind through their spaces to create a border that was as contrived as Sam’s idea for going…