Hello, Fellow Writers.
>
> I just learned that Garrison Keillor will be reading two of my poems
> from DEEP LIGHT on THE WRITER’S ALMANAC next week, so thought you might
> want to tune in. He’s read others in earlier years, and I always enjoy
> hearing his interpretation. Anyway, here they are;
>
> August 26   Teaching A Nephew to Type
> August 31 Watching My Parents Sleeping Beside An Open Window Near the
> Sea
>
> If you can’t tune in to your local NPR station, you can listen to the
> podcasts at
> http://writersalmanac.publicradio.org/
>
> And if you don’t know when your local station airs the program, you can
> find out at
> http://writersalmanac.publicradio.org/stations/list.php
>
> Warm wishes, Rebecca

Here’s what I am reading this end of summer. What are you reading? Let us know how what you are reading, in these books or in others, has benefited your writing.

Forever Lily: An Unexpected Mother’s Journey to Adoption in China by Beth Nonte Russell.
From Publisher’s WeeklyP: “…spiritual-minded readers might embrace the concept of linking reincarnation, adoption and fate.” The book does compellingly link narrative with recounted vivid dreams and journal entries.

The Namesake by Jhumpa Lahiri, a novel about  “the immigrant experience, the clash of cultures, the conflicts of assimilation, and, most poignantly, the tangled ties between generations.”

Safekeeping: Some True Stories from Life by Abigail Thomas,  an intimate memoir about marriage, motherhood, love and mistakes and reflections on the illness and death of an ex-husband.

Sold by Patricia McCormick, is the story in poetic vignettes of a thirteen-year-old girl who is tricked by her stepfather and sold into prostitution and the friendships she forms with the other girls, which help her survive and ultimately escape.

Here is the link: http://wow-womenonwriting.com/23-FE2-SheilaBender.html

It’s a comprehensive interview with photos–Kurt took some of them in our back yard. SB

http://www.nabbw.com/display_news.php?nid=12

Check it out there: prize money, five hundred words, a story of the seventies you plan to share with your children.

After you read this essay, think about the ways you might take on the vision of a tourist or traveler and write from newness even if you don’t go far from home. Let us know how that works in your writing life. To read the article click here.

Her collection of poems, “The Alchemist’s Kitchen,” was just accepted by White Pine Press and she has an essay in a new anthology “Poem, Revised” that’s just out from Marion Street Press. It is an essay she first wrote for Writing It Real.

Fifth Wednesday Journal is looking for persons to do book reviews — collections
of poetry, short fiction, essays, and nonfiction work. FWJ is a print lit mag published twice a year.
Interested persons should send me an e-mail to 5thwedjournal@comcast.net
or to editors@fifthwednesdayjournal.com.
www.fifthwednesdayjournal.com

The Redheaded Stepchild.
http://redheadedstepchild.freehostia.com
During the month of August, accepting only poems that have been rejected by other magazines. Inaugural Fall 2008 issue. Submit 3-5 poems by email.

A good article on NPR:  http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=93184407

Women on Writing has a good list at http://www.wow-womenonwriting.com/15-markets.html