What Was Mine in Utica, New York
Grateful to high school friends who came out on a sunny Saturday afternoon for my reading. Such fun to reconnect and remember our girls Catholic school high on a hill
Reading at The Juilliard School at Lincoln Center
Honored to read with poets Danniel Schoonbeek and Desirée Alvarez in celebration of Desirée's remarkable new collection Devil's Paintbrush. Can there be any more beautiful place for a launch party than a sunset-filled room overlooking Broadway and Lincoln Center?
Woodstock Writers Recap
What a mind-blowing event. The Woodstock BookFest (formerly Woodstock Writers Festival) was held in Woodstock, unlike that long ago festival which should have been named Bethel instead. My favorite part, of course, was being on
I’m Going to Woodstock and You Can, Too
I'm excited to be part of Woodstock Writers Festival tomorrow. Fab speakers, fun parties and writerly merriment that only happens in Woodstock. The "What If" fiction panel will be moderated by Ann Hood talking with Maggie Mitchell, Robert
What Was Mine on NPR Radio
Thrilled to have been interviewed by "Book Talk" Joe Donahue on WAMC radio. Before the show, sitting in the green room waiting to go on, I listened to Joe chat with Suzanna Hermans,
IRL Lawyer from “Spotlight” Tells His Story
OK, I know what writers do is important and all, but, hey, we're not the only storytellers, and the stories we tell (often our own wounding experiences reissued as fiction)
Ireland House and Doorknob Polishers
I was thrilled to read at NYU's Glucksman Ireland House last night, with my grandparents' old poster celebrating Irish independence projected behind me, a visual I stared at often in my youth, as
How Twitter Inspired a Book of New Poems Prompted by Old Telegrams
The last telegram was delivered in the US In January 2006. A few months later, Twitter was launched, the micro-blogging platform built on a telegram-like brevity of 140 characters. Twitter is how I
The Author’s Guild isn’t against Google Books
I went to my first Author's Guild meeting this week, the biggest, oldest organization for writers. It was their annual meeting, held in Scandinavia House--a really nice place for lunch, by the way. I've
Cover Reveal for Large Print
I didn't think I could like any cover better than the one we have. But I love what they're doing for the large print version.