To My White Sisters Amongst the 48%
Love this post. And love all the women, and men, who showed up in all kinds of funky weather to march.
Author: cinthiaritchie
#GoodreadsGiveaway for Eating Bull, a Thriller that Explores #Bodyshaming, #FoodAddiction, and #Obesity–Oh, and Is There Some Mischief Afoot?
Good news! You could win a copy of Carrie Rubin’s young adult novel “Eating Bull” in a Goodreads giveaway. I read this book last year and loved it. I laughed and cried and basically stayed up the whole night reading. It was good company, which is one of the highest esteems I can give a… Read More #GoodreadsGiveaway for Eating Bull, a Thriller that Explores #Bodyshaming, #FoodAddiction, and #Obesity–Oh, and Is There Some Mischief Afoot?
Poetry proofs, and hello to the desert
Well, we finally made it to Tucson. After a 35 hour flight, including 27 hours at the very lovely Salt Lake City airport (sarcastic coughs here), we straggled in, me with two suitcases and my partner lugging two guitars, an amplifier and two big backpacks. It was a trying trip, to say the least, and… Read More Poetry proofs, and hello to the desert
My little vacation from social media
Well, I took a small vacation from social media. I didn’t blog, or read blogs. I didn’t post on Facebook. I didn’t post on Twitter. And you know what? The sun still came up every morning (well, here in Alaska the sun comes up very, very late in the morning). The sun still set each… Read More My little vacation from social media
What I’m reading and my new writing crush
OMG, I am in love. I have a big-time crush. I am in writerly, crushed love with writer and poet Lisa Summe. I discovered Lisa while researching poetry publications. I was browsing the past winners of Smartish Pace’s Erskine J. Prize when I came across Summe’s Morning After We Hook Up, and I was floored. I… Read More What I’m reading and my new writing crush
Thankful Thursday
I’m live. Well, I mean my essay just posted in the New York Times Magazine Lives column. It’s on a black bear encounter during a run last summer, and I’m so, so pleased with how Lives editor John Glassie edited it down to near perfection. Check it out here. When Glassie emailed me a few… Read More Thankful Thursday
Wordless Wednesday: Alaska blues
It’s winter up here in Alaska and that means a little bit of daylight and a whole lot of darkness. But oh, the beauty of the twilight, of the blue and gray and silver shadows merging and blending. I just cannot get enough of them. Enjoy!
My dog is lucky
I envy my dog. I envy that she gets to lie on the sofa, blissfully unaware that the American people are reeling from the results of Tuesday night’s election. Some of us are reeling in disbelief while others are reeling from celebration. My dog doesn’t know this, and she doesn’t care. She lies on the… Read More My dog is lucky
Compelling read: Dead Mountain by Donnie Eichar
How could I have not known about this? Not only did I somehow miss hearing about Donnie Eichar’s book Dead Mountain: The Untold True Story of the Dyatlov Pass Incident but I also missed hearing about the events that precipitated the book, that led up to Eichar’s obsession to write the book. It’s a fascinating story:… Read More Compelling read: Dead Mountain by Donnie Eichar
Essay tribute up at Anchorage Press
When I heard that a friend from my writing group had died, I decided to write a tribute for The Anchorage Press, where she had published a few of her lovely essays. What resulted, however, was more of a creative nonfiction piece that was just as much about me than it was about her. I think… Read More Essay tribute up at Anchorage Press
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