Because this is Women’s History Month, the world’s sexiest misogynist, Sean Connery, is interrogated by The Gloria Sirens and can answer only with words he uttered as James Bond. The Gloria Sirens […]
Suzannah Gail Collins
I am the author of a poetry chapbook, I Will Meet You at the River, (as Suzannah Gilman), frequent traveler, and a licensed attorney who represented victims of domestic violence under a grant from the U.S. Dept. of Justice Office on Violence Against Women. My poetry, essays, fiction, and nonfiction have in such in such publications as The Florida Review, Pearl Magazine, Calyx Journal, Green Hills Literary Lantern, Pearl Magazine, Prick of the Spindle, Slow Trains, The Cafe Review, and The Meridian Anthology of Contemporary Poetry. I competed in flash fiction slams, winning every time. I won Literary Death Match on my 50th birthday. Twice nominated for a Pushcart Prize for poetry, I now concentrate on blogging for The Gloria Sirens and writing fiction. I have four children, four daughters-in-law, and four grandchildren. I live with my husband, the poet Billy Collins, in Florida.
Happy Gwendolyn Soper Day
This is Women’s History Month, which I confused with International Women’s Day, which I missed. But today should be Gwendolyn Soper Day, and as far as I’m concerned, it is. I am […]
The Best Thing That Can Happen to a Writer
If you’re a writer, it may be that no single thing came to mind when you read “The Best Thing That Can Happen to a Writer,” because the truth is, we need […]
How to Get a Democrat to Vote for Nikki Haley in One Easy Step
Nominate her. That’s it. Just nominate Nikki Haley as your Republican Party candidate for president, and I’ll vote for her. You have my word. Why would I vote for Nikki Haley over Joe Biden? Because […]
It’s True That Privilege Cuts Both Ways
Where else might have I have run into this woman so different from me than at the tag office? I had one chance, and I thought I should have been able to succeed, I blew it.
Countdown to the End of Summer
Just kidding. I’m not counting anything. It’s too hot. The end of summer can’t come soon enough. During these long, slow, steamy days, the skunk vine invading our back yard grows better […]
I Went a Little Crazy with Columbia House Records
…because they asked me to. And why would I turn down The Big 1¢ Steal— any 11 records or tapes for 1¢, or any 13 records or tapes for 1¢, depending on […]
My Best Love Affair? May-December Romance FTW!
Out of all the love affairs of my life, the most unlikely has by far been the most satisfying and most loving— the affair with a man twenty-five years my senior. We’ve been together fifteen years. Things have changed, but not in the way you might expect.
What She Said, November 29: Dawn Gehde
It’s unfortunate and I really wish I wouldn’t have to say this, but I really like human beings who have suffered. They’re kinder.
-Emma Thompson
What She Said, November 28: Anne Lamott
Hope is not about proving anything. It’s about choosing to believe this one thing, that love is bigger than any grim, bleak shit anyone can throw at us.
– Anne Lamott