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Blog Posts on Writing and Authors

Kate Millett: A Beginning

May 13th, 2018 by  Sallie Bingham   in  Women, Writing 1 Comment

Kate Mllett, author

If our coming together seldom includes our work, and is largely social, our influence on our communities is limited.

In Women, Writing Adrienne Rich Bitch magazine Kate Millett Rosemary Daniell Sallie Bingham Center for Women's History & Culture

Doris Duke, the Patriarchy, and God

May 8th, 2018 by  Sallie Bingham   in  Women, Writing 3 Comments

Duke University Chapel

My surprise almost outweighed my satisfaction when I found that in one letter, written in middle age, Doris referred to the patriarchy.

In Women, Writing Duke University Duke University Chapel James Buchanan Duke

No Refuge but in Writing

May 1st, 2018 by  Sallie Bingham   in  Theater, Travel, Writing Leave a Comment

Summer and Smoke - Classic Stage Company, 2018

I have been blessed this week by two immersions in the work of Tennessee Williams, a writer I’ve always adored.

In Theater, Travel, Writing New York City Tennessee Williams

The Little Bookstore That Could

April 22nd, 2018 by  Sallie Bingham   in  New Mexico, Writing 6 Comments

Garcia Street Books, Santa Fe NM

I believe in books printed on paper, and a lot of others do too.

In New Mexico, Writing Santa Fe

Death of Ten Thousand Pricks

February 27th, 2018 by  Sallie Bingham   in  Writing 5 Comments

Doris Duke - Glamour Puss

Scheduled to be published in August, 2018, The Silver Swan is now delayed till sometime in 2019.

In Writing Charlotte Brontë Doris Duke The Silver Swan

The Mysterious Diamond

February 25th, 2018 by  Sallie Bingham   in  Art, Travel, Women, Writing 1 Comment

Clara Porset

I loved our tour of architect Luis Barragán’s masterpiece in Mexico City, a great collection of brilliantly-colored walls, streams and pools.

In Art, Travel, Women, Writing Clara Porset Luis Barragán Mexico

Guns

February 20th, 2018 by  Sallie Bingham   in  Politics, Writing 2 Comments

Ernest Hewmingway - Lion

Where are the fathers?

In Politics, Writing Ernest Hemingway

Playgirl

January 14th, 2018 by  Sallie Bingham   in  Women, Writing 4 Comments

Playgirl magazine: May, 1974

Our desire to be liked and loved is passionate, unequivocal, and it makes us vulnerable to every rejection.

In Women, Writing

Doris Duke: Love, Sex, Power and Money

January 9th, 2018 by  Sallie Bingham   in  Women, Writing 2 Comments

Doris Duke Reading (painting)

Does it matter that she never found her match in terms of money, status and achievement?

In Women, Writing Doris Duke Jimmy Cromwell Porfirio Rubirosa The Silver Swan

17 Favorites of 2017

December 27th, 2017 by  Sallie Bingham   in  Kentucky, My Family, New Mexico, Politics, Women, Writing 3 Comments

Top 10 - 2017

As this year comes to a close (some might say thankfully), I’ve once again chosen my most popular posts of 2017, based on visits, comments, Tweets and Facebook likes.

In Kentucky, My Family, New Mexico, Politics, Women, Writing

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The Last Word - KSFR

The Last Word - KSFR

June 10th, 2017
Host Abigail Adler and I discuss women, my family and growing up in the South on The Last Word, KSFR - Santa Fe Public Radio.
St. John's College, Santa Fe: Reading from Doris Duke

St. John's College, Santa Fe: Reading from Doris Duke

March 12th, 2017
My first reading from Doris Duke: The Invention of the New Woman. The reading took place on March 7, 2017 at St. John's College Santa Fe, New Mexico.

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Recent Press

New York Social Diary: Sallie on Women, Philanthropy and Doris Duke - “the greatest woman philanthropist of the 20th century.”

The Blue Box

Available Now From Sarabande Books

“...Bingham's box of documents traverses time, offering insights into a world of women who knew their own minds long before the word feminist was ever considered.”

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