It began with a child's curiosity: While innocently snooping through her mother’s bedroom at age twelve, Hilary Harper discovered her parents had adopted her. Insatiably curious, she continued to pry, devouring the letters between her adoptive mother and her sister-in-law, whose younger sister was “in trouble. She is having a baby and needs help.” Hilary learned her birth mother was this … [Read more...]
You are forever changed – sexual misconduct
If you've ever been shown a penis... Jennifer Wright asked Twitter "Hey women: retweet if you've ever been shown a penis you did not want or expect to see" on November 9th, 2017. There are 177,00 retweets and counting. The responses are staggering. "The first time I was in second grade." "I was in a park, holding my young son." "The first time this happened to me I was 6. In a K-Mart toy … [Read more...]
Writing the second book – distractions
It's damning when a fellow writer asks you what you're working on, especially when the best you can say is you're getting really good at procrastinating. That "thing" "Is what they say really true -- that writing the second book is harder than the first?" a friend (and poet) asked me. Yes, it is. But not for the reasons you might suppose (at least for me). Many writers feel writing the second … [Read more...]
What, Why, How: Marcy Dermansky
What: I write fiction: three novels so far and short stories. I have written the occasional essay but mainly that isn’t what I do. My newest novel The Red Car recently came out in paperback. I am also the author of Bad Marie, which is how Linda first found me, and Twins. And I keep a journal, which is a combination of the stereotypical what is my life kind of writing, lists of things that I need … [Read more...]
Ladybugs, children and understanding death
It's hard to believe it's been nearly six years since my son Derek died. Sometimes reminders fly at you from the most unlikely places. One such time was at a recent Poetry at the Farmhouse series. When pet bugs die: At the Farmhouse, poet Robert Fanning explained his son, at four, didn't fully grasp the passing of his aunt until his ladybug friend died. The poem about that incident, from Fanning's … [Read more...]
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