Me and Gloria, We’re like that…
Me and Gloria I had breakfast with Gloria Steinem the other day. No really, I did. With Gloria and three hundred other women who paid far too much money hoping that a few flying cells of her DNA...
View ArticleThose Lazy Days of Summer
This blog post can also be read on BlogHer at http://www.blogher.com/those-lazy-days-summer In less than twenty four hours I will have my kitchen back and my quiet mornings with tea and the newspaper...
View ArticleA Mother is a Phoenix
This blog originally appeared on Blogher. You quit your job to stay home and now your kids are launched (at least they are in school most of the day). You’ve volunteered for everything from class...
View ArticleHelping the MFA Cross the Digital Divide
The article was originally published in the AWP Job List – July 2011 The Digital Divide In 2008, I entered Mills College as a later-in-life MFA student. Years before—many years before—I had earned an...
View ArticleSpreading Blog Love
Last week, after the publication of my essay on my gay son and his dream of being a good father, I received an outpouring of support for both me and for him. Theresa from New Jersey wrote, “the tide...
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