CONGRATS!!!!!! I LOVED the audiobook--it was as if you were reading to me in my car as I drove to see my now grad-student kid in Canada. I'll be sharing and leaving 5-star reviews for you once I can safely exit National Poetry Month which has pulled me in several directions-- ha!
More than just a book on marriage, your book reminds us of the invisible gender roles that hold us back as women, artists, and writers. I nodded along from Washington State to Canada, saying, "I hear you, Sister, I hear you."
Such important and needed writing. I kept thinking of Hawthorne's horrible quote "America is now wholly given over to a damned mob of scribbling women..." and the diminishment of women's passions as "hobbies." The lawyer with her air quotes on "working" when talking about your writing is infuriating to me. Anyway, a long way to say THANK YOU, Maggie. Thank you.
I love everything about this book! I love the structure as well. I am taking notes about it and wishing I would have thought to write a book this way. It is brilliant!
So very happy for you, Maggie. I will be calling my favourite independent bookstore in Victoria BC this morning. I hope they have your book, if not they will be getting it after I talk to them. I have been a resolute and thrilled follower of James Crews and Danusha Lameris's webinars and saw you there for the first time, loving your poetry.
Congratulations! I have been reading the book before bed every night, and having to force myself to stop so that I can still manage my daily life without too much coffee or resentment. It's mostly working and I'm definitely underslept and I regret nothing.
After the reading and signing in Nashville, a photographer friend and mentor of mine from the UK posted how anxious he was for the book to arrive there. I purchased a signed copy and mailed it and, as I write this, it is somewhere over the Atlantic, words in flight finding a soft place to land. He is a contemplative photographer who allows images to call to him, images whose beauty is revealed to those who answer the call. He introduced me to the phrase and concept of "wabi-sabi" - taking time to recognize beauty in the imperfect and impermanent and, in actuality, to embrace the beauty of the imperfections and because of its impermanence. It makes my heart happy to share your words and thoughts. I look forward to following the many weeks and years in the life of this book. Well done, friend.
Just finished reading your book and it was a lantern, helping me illuminate unfathomable events in my life. Thanks for a tender and book shining with hope, love and an inner world so beautifully expressed.
CONGRATS!!!!!! I LOVED the audiobook--it was as if you were reading to me in my car as I drove to see my now grad-student kid in Canada. I'll be sharing and leaving 5-star reviews for you once I can safely exit National Poetry Month which has pulled me in several directions-- ha!
More than just a book on marriage, your book reminds us of the invisible gender roles that hold us back as women, artists, and writers. I nodded along from Washington State to Canada, saying, "I hear you, Sister, I hear you."
Such important and needed writing. I kept thinking of Hawthorne's horrible quote "America is now wholly given over to a damned mob of scribbling women..." and the diminishment of women's passions as "hobbies." The lawyer with her air quotes on "working" when talking about your writing is infuriating to me. Anyway, a long way to say THANK YOU, Maggie. Thank you.
I love everything about this book! I love the structure as well. I am taking notes about it and wishing I would have thought to write a book this way. It is brilliant!
So very happy for you, Maggie. I will be calling my favourite independent bookstore in Victoria BC this morning. I hope they have your book, if not they will be getting it after I talk to them. I have been a resolute and thrilled follower of James Crews and Danusha Lameris's webinars and saw you there for the first time, loving your poetry.
Congratulations! I have been reading the book before bed every night, and having to force myself to stop so that I can still manage my daily life without too much coffee or resentment. It's mostly working and I'm definitely underslept and I regret nothing.
Amazing! Hugs congratulations 👏🏻
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Congratulations! So enjoyed hearing you in conversation with Jeannine Ouellette in Minneapolis. And so very happy for your success.
After the reading and signing in Nashville, a photographer friend and mentor of mine from the UK posted how anxious he was for the book to arrive there. I purchased a signed copy and mailed it and, as I write this, it is somewhere over the Atlantic, words in flight finding a soft place to land. He is a contemplative photographer who allows images to call to him, images whose beauty is revealed to those who answer the call. He introduced me to the phrase and concept of "wabi-sabi" - taking time to recognize beauty in the imperfect and impermanent and, in actuality, to embrace the beauty of the imperfections and because of its impermanence. It makes my heart happy to share your words and thoughts. I look forward to following the many weeks and years in the life of this book. Well done, friend.
Congratulations! Am on my second read, and love it even more this time through. Looking forward to seeing you in Cleveland.
I’m so incredibly happy for you and for this book. Absolutely deserved. Proud of you!
Thank you for this book. Thank you, thank you, thank you. It is exquisite.
Just finished reading your book and it was a lantern, helping me illuminate unfathomable events in my life. Thanks for a tender and book shining with hope, love and an inner world so beautifully expressed.