reading and writing a life
I’ve often mentioned my fondness for nonfiction audio books read by their authors—still loving to indulge in authors’ voices at every opportunity. This week I have Charles Krauthammer’s Things That Matter to finish. Throughout the introduction I might have shouted WOW three or more times. Krauthammer was a journalist, psychiatrist, “non conservative commentator”, proponent of […]
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Originally posted March 20, 2018 The Bluest Eye, by Toni Morrison They say that beauty lies in the eye of the beholder. If the beholder is born into a world that has forcibly narrowed the definition of beauty down to a handful of irrefutable criteria, what then? Like all trends, the definition of beauty is […]
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HBO’s newest series features two of my faves from the way way back: Holly Hunter and Tim Robbins. And oh my god are they old! (This doesn’t exactly make me feel like a spring chicken.) But once I get over all that, I’m right back to reveling in just how much I love ’em. The […]
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Author and contributing opinion writer, Judith Shulevitz, shares her woes of working motherhood and the mixed messages of our society and government over the last century in this week’s New York Times Sunday Review with an article titled: How To Fix Feminism. There is no actual fix brought forth, but an interesting list of movements […]
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We’re a strange bunch, humankind. Forgetful. Deliberately dismissive, surprisingly compassionate, shockingly cruel. Passionate. Stubborn. Optimistic in the direst of circumstances. Persistently triumphant over near-fatal, global calamities. Weak complainers, fierce warriors, brilliant inventors, sickly and lazy couch potatoes prone to blindly brag and bluster about our children, our nations, our faith. We are the rulers of […]
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The good news: I’m working at a paying job again. The meh news: That thing where I do nothing but work is happening.
Read More…I won’t be rushing out for a copy of Go Set A Watchman. If Miss Lee herself held a press conference, looked the camera in the eye and stated clearly, “Yes, I changed my mind about never wanting this manuscript published,” I’d likely feel more enthusiastic about her literary ‘come back’. I’ve yet to see […]
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The completed essay is now here. Thank you for reading.
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There are times that success must be measured by how many new things I try in the span of a month, a year. This method of measurement extends beyond writing, but yes, for now I’m speaking of writing. If ever you’ve read my ramblings, you know that I began to write with the goal of […]
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Goals. I have them: Friday is the deadline for a chapbook contest. I will be submitting a new and very small collection of found poetry and cento, as well as my usual rambling free verse. My first collection was autobiographical, this second will speak on social issues, particularly crime. I am fascinated by the crimes […]
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Kathy Boles-Turner 