Download audio file (HammonsDescent.mp3) by Chera Hammons THE DESCENT OF THE GERMANWINGS Musicians know how to write silence, how to lay lines and measures across a white landscape, to show where music […]
“The Descent of the Germanwings”– a poem
Diary of a Writer’s Week
March 23—I wake up in the middle of the night coughing (Florida=allergies), and get up to use the bathroom and get a drink of water. When I lie down again, I am […]
“I Have This Fantasy,” a poem
by Heather Bell I have this fantasy that I am dressed in a leather jacket smoking a cigar just standing there holding Kafka or Adrienne Rich by the spine when an old […]
“Stardust,” a poem
by Colette Tennant I don’t like it when scientists call me a carbon-based life form it makes me sound like a pencil smudge on my writing finger a really bad child at Christmas […]
“Belief”
by Marilyn Robertson On the way to the post office this morning, I thought about the odd things we believe. Things we swear by, pray to, put our trust in, or wear […]
“Magic Tricks for Puppies”
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 […]
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!
Fear of Words, an essay with collage images by Katherine Riegel
The Gloria Sirens 