Archive for March 2022
Say NO to Body Shame–Yours and Mine
Okay. I’ll admit it. I’ll confess. Sometimes, when I see plus-sized models, I snicker. Out loud. Sometimes, I comment. It’s never a nice comment. I’m not proud. I’m actually ashamed. And … but … that’s the last thing I should be. “Why?” you might ask. “Diane, that’s awful of you!” you might say. “You—who claim…
Read MoreBARRELHOUSE REVIEWS: A CONSTELLATION OF GHOSTS BY LARAINE HERRING
There are ghosts in the room. Every room. They’re in the eaves in the attic, the crawlspaces in the basement, the living room, the kitchen, the den. Spirits haunt our lives through memories, the unconscious mind, our genes. Our parents, and their parents before them, gift us with strengths, joys, and pain. It is those…
Read MoreEcopoetry and Loss : An Interview with Ana Maria Spagna – Prism international
“If You Think the Way to Learn,” the first poem in Ana Maria Spagna’s Mile Marker Six, takes us right to the heart of this collection: it moves from Spagna’s past to her present, from her childhood home to the land, from what is, to what was, to what can and can never be. Spagna,…
Read MoreInterview With Rebecca Kuder
Rebecca Kuder is a courageous writer, a woman who looks at the tough stuff in her life–and women’s lives–and doesn’t shy away! (Check out her essays “Hot Thing” and “Hot Thing #2 (2:30 a.m.)” about menopause!) We talked about her writing, about mental health, about trauma, about bodies–and the importance of addressing one’s inner critic–literally.…
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