I’m now excavating the final layer of letters and papers in my mother’s Blue Box; the upper levels have given me the impetus and the materials for my two previous books.
The Fruits of the Past Five Years
It has taken many years, many rejections, disappointments and sidetracks, to get to the place I wanted to be when I published my first book in the 1960s.
Can Writing Be Taught?
I face this crucial question whenever I am about to begin teaching another workshop, always now in memoir writing, which over the last twenty years has become a crucial form of self-expression for many women and some men who aspire to shape, refine and share their stories.
Moving Along Into 2025
Perhaps this great success of Shawnee is what all writers finally achieve—this is my sixteenth published book—but I doubt if it’s that alone.
Moving On
So many possible scenarios! So much fascinating reading!
My Next Book After My Next Book
How fortunate I am to have access to this incredibly rich trove of letters! Now that letter writing is at an end, there will be no more such collections.
Clifford
Writing to “My Dear Mary”—her niece and my mother—in 1954, Rose Caperton explained that the three leather-bound books she was sending had belonged to Mary’s great-great-great grandmother.
À la recherche
I was single and at that time and in that place, single women seemed slightly suspect; when I called the local ballet company to order one ticket, I was told they were only sold in pairs.
Can a Heathen Woman Be a Christian?
Perhaps a healthy dose of heathenism would restore us to the churches (or other forms of organized spirituality) so vital to healthy communities.
Reading at The Church of the Holy Faith
I’ll be reading from Taken by Indians at The Church of the Holy Faith in Santa Fe.