Archive for September 2022
21 ALLEN DRIVE–SELECTED FOR THE 2023 BEST MICROFICTION ANTHOLOGY/FINALIST IN SMOKELONG QUARTERLY SUMMER MICRO CONTEST
The way the deer gathered at dusk. The way the kids lay still on the trampoline, counting stars. The way the tall, thin pines stood so close their roots touched. The crisp night snows of November. The Have-A-Hart traps for field mice seeking shelter in our home. Read More (SELECTED FOR THE 2023 BEST MICROFICTION…
Read MoreSmoke & Mirrors with Diane Gottlieb Interview by Fannie H. Gray
The repetitive use of “the way” is very effective. Did you consciously craft that or did it end up organically evolving as you wrote? Thank you! I usually like to do two things in a piece—build tension as I go and come full circle. I started “21 Allen Drive” with the repetition of “the way”…
Read MoreFind A Place For Me Reveiew by Diane Gottlieb in Prism International
“I have ALS.” These are the words Deirdre Fagan’s forty-three year-old husband spoke just days after Christmas 2011. Bob, the father of their children (who were then just three and eight years old), was going to die—soon. Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis, known by many as Lou Gehrig’s disease, is a neurological disorder that affects voluntary muscle…
Read MoreSHIFTING THE CONVERSATION AROUND MENTAL HEALTH: A REVIEW OF SARAH FAY’S PATHOLOGICAL: THE TRUE STORY OF SIX MISDIAGNOSES in Split LIP
Anxiety. Depression. Who hasn’t felt either or both at one point in their lives? But when we toss those words around carelessly, identities form. We become the words instead of feeling them, and the difference between the emotions we call depression or anxiety and the disorders themselves all but disappears. “Pathologizing normal distress” is just…
Read MoreSHIFTING THE CONVERSATION AROUND MENTAL HEALTH: A REVIEW OF SARAH FAY’S PATHOLOGICAL: THE TRUE STORY OF SIX MISDIAGNOSES
Anxiety. Depression. Who hasn’t felt either or both at one point in their lives? But when we toss those words around carelessly, identities form. We become the words instead of feeling them, and the difference between the emotions we call depression or anxiety and the disorders themselves all but disappears. Read More
Read MoreInterview With Marian Adams
“Medical gaslighting is real,” according to a recent New York Times article–and to this month’s interviewee, the gracious and courageous Marian Adams. I met Marian through a dear mutual friend Jeanne Stafford and will be forever grateful for the introduction. (you can see my interview with Jeanne here) Medical gaslighting, or “having one’s concerns dismissed…
Read MorePoetry by Diane Gottlieb in Atlantis and other lost place in Pacific Revew Annual Review
2 poems in a Pacific Review Annual Review journal, Atlantis and other lost place Things I Don’t Remember I forget to take clothes out of the dryer, dishes out of the dishwasher, the garbage out to the curb. Anniversaries and birthdays too, even my own. I forget people’s names. Celebrities, especially. Who…
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