Long Quiet Highway

By Sonya Fehér, on June 4th, 2009

Natalie Goldberg

I went to see Natalie Goldberg in April when she was in Austin doing for a book signing for Old Friend from Far Away. I was interested in hearing Natalie talk about her book on writing memoir for three reasons.

She’s one of my American idols. I started using Writing Down the . . . → Read More: Long Quiet Highway

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Read This: Great with Child

By Sonya Fehér, on May 2nd, 2008

Great with Child: Letters to a Young Mother

I have a friend who is in the first trimester of her pregnancy. I wish I had written her these letters. Instead, I’ve ordered her Great with Child. Fennelly’s letters to a former student turned friend contain practical advice, poetic description, and an introspection that teems with . . . → Read More: Read This: Great with Child

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Read This: Inconsolable

By Sonya Fehér, on April 24th, 2008

Inconsolable: How I Threw My Mental Health Out With the Diapers by Marrit Ingman

This is a hard book to read, as Ingman warns in the introduction. She cops to the things no one ever shares, the fantasy of getting in the car and driving away so her husband and child can lead their . . . → Read More: Read This: Inconsolable

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Read This: Having Faith

By Sonya Fehér, on April 20th, 2008

Having Faith by Sandra Steingraber

Let’s just start by saying I am not a science person. As a vegetarian since birth, I couldn’t even dissect frogs in my high school biology class. Thank you, Mr. Gilroy for providing me with coloring book pages of animals’ insides!! The only reason I passed Chemistry was that . . . → Read More: Read This: Having Faith

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