The Gloria Sirens

Homme de Plume: Men in Print

By Lisa Lanser Rose on March 5, 2014 • ( 8 Comments )

About a year ago I got an email from Wag’s Revue breaking the news that I didn’t win their contest. I did what I always do when I get rejected: I forwarded the email […]

Things Women Writers are Sick of Hearing, or We Haven’t Come Far Enough, Baby

By Suzannah Gail Collins on March 3, 2014 • ( 2 Comments )

Reposted from Buzzfeed. What did women writers at AWP get tired of hearing? Here’s a quick visual check-in from Buzzfeed that might make you question exactly where we are in history. […]

Mindful Romance

By Katie Riegel on February 28, 2014 • ( 1 Comment )

Originally posted on The Manifesto:
I read this article, re-posted by a friend. I didn’t listen to the podcasts and such, I admit. It seemed like a sweet, hopeful article, and far…

Lifelong Learning

By juliabconnolly on February 25, 2014 • ( 4 Comments )

By Julia Connolly When I signed up for the class through the college’s lifelong learning program I didn’t realize I’d be the baby of the group. To a person, every other member […]

Pray for Jennifer Lawrence!

By susanlilleypoet on February 23, 2014 • ( 6 Comments )

By Susan Lilley Nah, super-starlet Jennifer Lawrence does not have leukemia, nor is she on a Lindsay Lohan-style spiral into shame and infamy. She will never lapse into empty Kardashian fame, because […]

Sisterhood is Necessary

By juliabconnolly on February 18, 2014 • ( 7 Comments )

By Julia Connolly It was bad. I’d been in bed for three days, depressed, crawling out to handle only the most necessary of motherly duties. On the third day Stacy messaged me […]

In Boozo Veritas #29: Writers in the Festival Mode

By Lisa Lanser Rose on February 18, 2014 • ( Leave a comment )

Originally posted on The Drunken Odyssey:
In Boozo Veritas #29 Writers in the Festival Mode I am honored to welcome the brilliant and amazing poet Susan Lilley as guest blogger for this…

Not So Minor Characters: The Beats’ Female Voice

By susanlilleypoet on February 17, 2014 • ( 6 Comments )

By Monica Wendel Last weekend – an icy one in which I was batting that energy-draining combination of hangover and new-semester cold – a friend pressed a copy of Joyce Johnson’s Minor […]

The Top of the Highest Mountain

By Suzannah Gail Collins on February 15, 2014 • ( 1 Comment )

by Suzannah Gilman A commercial shown last night during the Olympics made me sad. Children were shown riding the public bus and in other public places as well on the sofa at […]