by Suzannah Gilman Ah, Labor Day, a day to pay tribute to the contributions workers have made to the strength, prosperity, and well-being of our country. What have I contributed? A whole […]
I’ve Worked Everywhere, Man!
Metaphors (a poem)
Metaphors by Sylvia Plath I’m a riddle in nine syllables, An elephant, a ponderous house, A melon strolling on two tendrils. O red fruit, ivory, fine timbers! This loaf’s big with […]
Back to School: Time to Let Go
by Suzannah Gilman Not that long ago, I packed my four children into my mommy-van, making sure everyone was buckled in, prepared for the shopping trip in which […]
Be True to Your Sisters
Be True to Your Sisters by Suzannah Gilman When my daughter was four and in pre-k she had an experience with female classmates being mean to each other and to her. At […]
Find of the Week: “A Beautiful Wit is a Power”
A dead serious discussion about the power of women to make others laugh from She Writes Radio. You’ll find it as timely now, (e.g. during the debate about hiring black women on SNL), as […]
“Newsflash: It’s hard to be a writer!”
by Brooke Warner via She Writes “This past Sunday’s New York Times opinion page ran another one of those sky-is-falling publishing op-eds that always raise my hackles. Writers eat this stuff up; […]
The Gloria Sirens 