“In Paris there’s ‘The Society for Encouragement’. I’m sure it has nothing to do with helping doormats, but wouldn’t it be great if it did? And there are countless books written and […]
Lisa Lanser Rose
I'm Trick Dog Trainer, the co-host of the podcast This Animal Life, and the author two books, the memoir, For the Love of a Dog, (Harmony Books), and the novel, Body Sharers (Rutgers University Press). 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. I teach creative writing and dog training in Tampa Bay.
“The Newborns”
“The Newborns” by Kathryn Hunt All through the night, all through the long witless hallways of my sleep, from my hospital bed I heard the newborn babies cry, bewildered, between worlds, like new […]
Like? Whatever: Likability and the Nonfiction Writer
by Jennifer Niesslein Until my memoir came out, I had no idea how many people did not want to be friends with me. . . . . . . Strayed puts it […]
Win-Win for Writers With Dogs!
Write more with K-9 Kannon! Improves productivity by 75%! YOUR FINGERS FLY AND SO DOES THE BALL! Watch the word count climb! No more bending over to pick up the ball! Keep […]
GHAZAL: FREEDOM IN AMERICA
by Alicia Ostriker My grandfather’s pipe tobacco fragrance, moss-green cardigan, his Yiddish lullaby When I woke crying: three of my earliest memories in America Arriving on time for the first big war, […]
Invisible Women
“This Week in the War on Women” by Laura Wnderer “This morning, while taking my dog for a leisurely half-hour walk, I listened to Weekend Edition on NPR. In that half hour, […]
New York City Loses Another Young, Creative Woman
I Am Not My Job: Why I Left New York City by ALECIA LYNN EBERHARDT “It was Patti Smith who said, in a talk at Cooper Union in 2010, that “New York has closed itself […]
Photoshoot at Corkscrew Swamp
Welcome to Corkscrew Swamp Sanctuary. Come walk the boards with my husband Alby and me! by Lisa Lanser-Rose Walking the planks. Some of my favorite pictures are of shapes and textures. Other […]
“Tell Me When It Starts to Hurt”
by Kelly Fordon The husband and wife rented one of those videos. The wife was up for it, never having seen one. At the time, she believed that a person should try […]
VIDA 2013
Dear VIDA Supporter: Thank you for all that you have given us this year. You have stood alongside us with your letters, tweets, Facebook comments and participation at readings, panels and benefits. […]
The Gloria Sirens 