by Wendy Goddard I only ever imagined the whispers behind shielding hands: “Did you hear about her mom?” “Did you see the ambulance at the house yesterday afternoon?” “I heard she was […]
Knives and Guns and Wagging Tongues
ENTRAÑABLEMENTE
by Gloria Muñoz To love another with your entire being, so much so that you feel it in your entrails. The English definition leaves the taste of entrails in the air. In […]
July: Seven Deadly Sins
Throughout July, the Sirens celebrate (and bemoan) the 7 deadly sins via essays, poems, fiction, and visual art. Lust, envy, greed, pride, wrath, sloth, and gluttony–we’ve got you covered. No judgment. Stay […]
Why do I write what I do?
By Gloria Muñoz “There is a vitality, a life force, an energy, a quickening that is translated through you into action, and because there is only one of you in all of time, […]
Downstate with Frank
By Julia Connolly Yellow-tinted aviator shades. Brown leather safari jacket. Tan patent leather fake Gucci slip-ons. Dirty-blond home perm. Marlboro. He was Frank, the 30-something Vietnam vet who sat next to me […]
I Was a Digital Best-Seller!
Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist and author Tony Horwitz gives an inside look at digital publishing and his opinion of digital books versus paper (“real”) books, based on his experience writing a 40,000-word piece […]
How to Road Trip With the Sirens
It’s easy: look at the top banner on The Gloria Sirens homepage (pictured below). Select “Road Trips” (below, it’s highlighted in black) under the banner and access all the Road Trip pieces. […]
Along the Road Trip
where he’s not Bashful and she’s not Snow White.”
Big Day Tomorrow
Get plenty of sleep tonight and set your alarm. The Road Trip starts at 9 in the morning.
Watch Out for Roadside Lions
When you’re out road-tripping with the Sirens this Saturday, beware of literary lionesses on the prowl.
