Dear Me, I haven’t spoken to you for so long. I haven’t had the courage to. But today is the day, the day I finally …
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“Pride gets no pleasure out of having something, only out of having more of it than the next man.” -C.S. Lewis
Devadasi: Drought to Desperation
“A devadasi (Sanskrit: servant of deva (god) or devi (goddess)) is a girl ‘dedicated’ to worship and service of a deity or a temple for the rest of her life.” If …
Every Move You Make by Joy
This story is one of the July Writing Challenge entries that was chosen to be a featured story. Every move you make and every vow …
Interview with Adriana Mather: Witches, Salem, and Writing
Adriana Mather is the debut author of the chilling new novel How to Hang a Witch. She not only writes teen fiction based on her family history …
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“I love to see a young girl go out and grab the world by the lapels. Life’s a bitch. You’ve got to go out and …
She Is Like a Son to Me
“She is equivalent to a son for me,” my maternal grandfather exclaims as one of my relatives (yes, Auntie, it’s you) comments on how having …
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“Music washes away from the soul the dust of everyday life.” -Berthold Auerbach
Women Writers Series: A Few Authors of Chile
The course Global Literature: Modern Writings from Women of the Non-Western World was one of the most important college classes I’ve ever taken as a …