Category: From the Editor
ArmchairBEA: Best of 2012 Books
What a time of books we’re in. Never before so many choices, so many new authors, so much variety and possibility. The best of 2012 that Women Writers, Women Books editor Anora McGaha has read: Born Under an Assumed Name by Sara Mansfield Taber, memoir Swagger by Lisa Bloom, non-fiction Listening to Africa by Diana [...]
ArmchairBEA: Introductions
On the week of the biggest book event in America, Book Expo America, a parallel event has developed, getting bigger every year, called Armchair BEA. With no charge for registering, book bloggers have one opportunity after another to make new connections, get the word out about their blog, win prizes, have giveaways, and a great [...]
Reason vs. Heart: Still Tugging
It’s mythic. And mundane. Heart battling Reason. Reason speaking for steady income, security, safety. Heart arguing for inspiration, energy, enthusiasm, vitality, passion. Reason boxing us in to the predictable and the unsatisfying. Keeping us, we hope, sheltered, clothed and fed. Heart allowing us to follow our life force, to create, imagine, stretch and play, experiment [...]
Letter from the Editor
This letter is about what Women Writers, Women Books means to its editor, within the context of her life. I grew up moving. Moved when I was 1, 2, 3, 5 and we kept moving. Cambridge, Massachusetts. London, England. Cambridge, Massachusetts. Amman, Jordan. Port Said, Egypt. And on. And on. So many places I had to write a [...]
