Views on Cancel Culture
Volume XXI, Issue Three | September 2021 The buzz at the Western Writers of America conference in June was about cancel culture. I’m not...
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Getting Published
Volume XXI, Issue Two | June 2021 It’s a hard lesson for first-time novelists: Writing is the easy part. It’s publishing that’s tough....
Those Words!
Volume XX, Issue One | March 2021 A reader once contacted me saying she wanted her book club to read The Persian Pickle Club. The group...
My Dear Friend
Volume XIX, Issue Four | December 2020 My Grandmother Dallas could have been designed by Norman Rockwell. She was a chubby, jolly woman...
For My Dolly
Volume XIX, Issue Three | September 2020 Years ago, when I realized I didn’t have space for all the quilts I wanted to collect, I turned...
Five Books
Volume XVIII, Issue Two | June 2020 My Five Books Recently, the editor of the alumni magazine at my alma mater, the University of Denver,...
Reviewing Books
Volume XVIII, Issue One | March 2020 Reviewing Books When I began reviewing books for the Denver Post in 1961, the book editor, a crusty,...
The Spoilt Quilt and Other Stories
Volume XVII, Issue Four | December 2019 The Spoilt Quilt and Other Stories I had published exactly one short story in my life when Five...
Westering Women
Volume XVI, Issue Three | September 2019 Westering Women Westering Women won’t be published until January, but I want to tell you about...
Someplace to Call Home
Volume XVI, Issue Two | June 2019 Someplace to Call Home Someplace to Call Home, my fourth mid-grade novel, comes out in August. It’s...