October 2012
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Joe Haldeman’s “Graves”
Looking for the perfect mood setter for your Halloween party? Here’s a podcast of Joe Haldeman‘s story, “Graves,” which won both the Nebula Award and the World Fantasy Award in 1993 and hasn’t lost any of its punch in the interim. Our thanks to Joe for sending the chills.
Books by Karin Evans’ Bed
Karin Evans is the author of The Lost Daughters of China: Adopted Girls, Their Journey to America, and the Search for a Missing Past, which was re-released in a revised and updated edition by Penguin Putnam in 2008. It chronicles their experience as she and her husband adopt two little girls from China, and it explores the backdrop of events [...]
Halloween Candy
The Candy Corn Test and Other Essentials By Jeffrey Abrahams Forget the presidential election. Don’t even think about the Christmas catalogs starting to arrive. If you’re like me, you’ll reserve all of your energy to deal with the crucial issue of the day: Halloween candy. Every year I struggle to control myself. But as soon [...]
Books by Jeffrey Abrahams’ Bed
Here’s an update from one of our favorite eclectic readers. Jeffrey’s choices never fail to provoke, delight, or both. The Rape of Europa: The Fate of Europe’s Treasures in the Third Reich and the Second World War, by Lynn Nicholas Fascinating story. A compelling read. A page-turner like a thriller, although we all know who [...]
Rosalyn Drexler’s Holiday
The October Occupation By Rosalyn Drexler The only holiday I celebrate is Halloween . . . I’d say the skeleton appeals to me because it can be persuaded to dance in the wind and is truly the bare bones of any situation. The pumpkin is particularly central because of its ability to change into a [...]
Musing on Halloween
Cinderella Crone in Liminal Space By Geri Lipschultz In my Critical Theory class at Ohio University where I had gone to pursue my doctorate, we were knee deep in the construct of the carnivalesque as identified by the Russian theorist and philosopher, Mikhail Bakhtin. We’d read chapters of his book on Rabelais where Bakhtin examines [...]
Books by Kitty Sheehan’s Bed
Kitty Sheehan is a writer and photographer. A native Iowan and graduate of the University of Iowa, Kitty taught elementary school in Minneapolis, was a corporate trainer, a graphic designer, a consignment store owner and a social media editor. Her resume’s a riot. She’s currently residing in New York’s Hudson Valley, savoring its scenic beauty, [...]
Just for Fun
Ever irreverent prankster and frequent contributor to this blog Dick Cummins sent this All Hallows howl because we could all use a good laugh. It stars, in order of appearance: Dick himself, in long blond tresses and a deep-cut, troubling top; Jane Smiley in a French maid’s uniform and big red hair; Cheryl Olsen in sequined [...]
Eric Olsen Interview
Anyone who’s read We Wanted to Be Writers, or visited this site with regularity, knows how much Eric likes to hold forth. Combine that with Diane Prokop’s unconventional questions, and the result’s bound to be entertaining. Highly!
Review of Have You Seen Marie?
Feeling Presence Rather than Absence By Cheryl Olsen I first learned of this miraculous balm of a book last January when Sandra Cisneros sent it to me after my mother died. She asked me not to copy it or send it to anyone lest she get in trouble with her publisher. It came in the [...]
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