Magical Memoir Moments
What kind of Mennonite Mother Would Name Her Daughter for Shirley Temple?
You would think I would have prepared for February 10, 2014, the day Shirley Temple Black died. A few years ago I had wanted to interview her but learned that she was in ill health and not responding to requests. The news of her death broke while I was traveling back from Los Cabos, Mexico….
Book Clubs: Strengthening the Invisible Connection Between Authors and Readers
The poet Muriel Rukeyser most famously proclaimed, “The universe is made of stories, not of atoms.” No better proof of that dictum can be found than the conversation that occurs all around the world when readers assemble around a dining room table or a fireplace. The current name for this practice is book club, but…