Up Close & Personal with Gloria Steinem: My Life on the Road

by Laura | Jan 12, 2016

Get ready to take a great ride with writer, political activist and social organizer Gloria Steinem in her new memoir, My Life on the Road. In it she gives an up close and personal account of her “lifetime of travel, activism and leadership,” and a profound story of...

On Elizabeth Gilbert’s New Book, Big Magic: Creative Living Beyond Fear

by Laura | Oct 16, 2015

Want to jump start your creative energies? Be inspired to start that creative project you have been putting off? Dedicate yourself to not just your creativity, but living a creative life? Read Elizabeth Gilbert’s latest book, Big Magic. Elizabeth Gilbert gives...

The Art of Essay Writing: Q&A With Meghan Daum

by Laura | Jul 29, 2015 | Editing-Writing How To, Nonfiction Related

I recently had the pleasure of asking essayist Meghan Daum about the art of essay writing. Meghan is the author of four books, most recently the original essay collection, The Unspeakable: And Other Subjects of Discussion. She is also the editor of a collection of...

Creativity: The Perfect Crime

by Laura | Feb 23, 2015

In 1974, Phillipe Petit illegally walked a tight rope between the Twin Towers of the World Trade Center and set himself apart with his unique formula of boldness and skill. With the fame of such an audacious feat and the many other impressive talents he possesses,...

Taking on Pronatalist Myths: Author Moms Who Get It

by Laura | Nov 6, 2014 | Childfree Book-Related

Melanie Holmes has a new book out titled, The Female Assumption: A Mother’s Story: Freeing Women From the View that Motherhood is a Mandate. Like author Madelyn Cain, the author of The Childless Revolution, Melanie is a mother. While not using the word pronatalism...