“Art has, at its core, a highly individual, stubborn regard for truth. And only a few truths are pretty.” Sallie Bingham

Women, Power and Money
Women, Power and Money
Posted 4 days ago

Keynote Address: Sweetbriar College - September 22,2006

Women, Power and Money
Tax Time: Inherited Money
Tax Time: Inherited Money
Posted 39 days ago

In the next decade, as the so-called Baby Boomers retire and-is it possible?-die, an enormous transfer of wealth, the largest in our history, will take place-largely secretly and in silence.

Tax Time: Inherited Money
And Again, Adrienne
And Again, Adrienne
Posted 46 days ago

How reassuring it is to find a second appraisal, to my mind more sensitive and compelling than the first, in The New York Times (March 31).

And Again, Adrienne
Adrienne Rich Is Dead
Adrienne Rich Is Dead
Posted 50 days ago

In my heart, she has a special place because of some curious connections: she was at Radcliffe a few years before me, in the wretched fifties, and came out of that experience with formal training, an early marriage, and three sons.

Adrienne Rich Is Dead
What They Really Want Isn’t Fame or Fortune But Permission to Articulate Their Feelings
What They Really Want Isn’t Fame or Fortune But Permission to Art…
Posted 51 days ago

This essay, by Steve Almond, from the March 25th edition of The New York Times, comes like a bombshell, dispelling not only my notions about why people take the writing workshops I teach, but why I often find teaching them frustrating.

What They Really Want Isn’t Fame or Fortune But Permission to Art…
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