These are some word-love-related excerpts from my manuscript BORDERLAND: A DOG, A LOVE, A DOUBLE-HELIX (or I might call the book AWESOME DOG, not sure). Anyway, the passages come late the book, from […]
“Magic Tricks for Puppies”
Lisa Lanser Rose
I'm Trick Dog Trainer and the author two books, the memoir, For the Love of a Dog, (Harmony Books), and the novel, Body Sharers (Rutgers University Press). My work is represented by Birch Literary Agency. Body Sharers placed among the finalists for the PEN/Hemingway Foundation Award for Best First Novel. Recent honors include finalist for the 2017 Frank McCourt Memoir Prize, winner of the 2016 Briar Cliff Review Nonfiction Award, winner of the 2013 Florida Review Editor’s Award, and a Best American Essays 2015 Notable Essay. My dogs moonwalk throughout the Tampa Bay area.
In February, the Love is Word
This month at The Gloria Sirens we consider love, but in Siren fashion, we had to turn things around and upside down. We agreed, forget Valentine’s Day and romance, heartbreak and divorce, sex and […]
Laugh Along With Us–More Air Times for The Gloria Sirens
If you missed us, we’re on Life Improvement Radio again today at 1:55 PM 5:09 PM and 11:27 PM. Hear Katie Riegel, Susan Lilley, Suzannah Gilman, Tiffany Razzano, and I discuss contemporary issues […]
We Blew the Fuse at Life Improvement Radio!
When it came time to air our show, Life Improvement Radio suffered a “power outage.” Or was it a “power outrage?” We’ll keep you posted when they finally muster enough wattage.
The Gloria Sirens on Life Improvement Radio at 11:00 AM Today
Learn the origins of the Gloria Sirens, hear our real voices, and find out why we don’t play nice with the boys at Life Improvement Radio now!
Siren Summit in Progress Soon
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Taking Charge–the Surprise Success of the Sirens
We launched The Gloria Sirens a year ago, partly in response to the VIDA Count. We envisioned a forum for women writers to collaborate, embolden, and inspire. Month after month we watched our […]
To Fall in Love With Anyone, Do This
by Mandy Len Catron More than 20 years ago, the psychologist Arthur Aron succeeded in making two strangers fall in love in his laboratory. Last summer, I applied his technique in my own […]
Domestic Partnership Wasn’t Enough–And Now It Doesn’t Have to Be
by Tiffany Razzano in The Guardian When I opened the bathroom door, the first thing I saw were Julie’s pale, artfully crossed ankles, bobbing in the water. She was facedown in the […]
Reports from the Field: On Grief
by Hafizah Geter at VIDA: Women in the Literary Arts Because it’s afternoon. Because the sun is setting. Because I’m followed home at night and to work some mornings. Because I looked upset. […]
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