Archive for April, 2010

German Writer Seeks Room of Her Own

This just in:
I’m a part-time writer from Germany, I work in a bookstore in Munich and in my rare private time I work on a novel which is placed in the beautiful Berkshires.
I spent several vacations there and while working on this novel I felt something is missing. The inspiring place. The Berkshires!
Booksellers don’t earn [...]

The Art of Artemisia

Born in the early 1600’s as the daughter of the prominent painter Orazio Gentileschi in Italy, Artemisia Gentileschi is considered to be to one of the most important female painters in the history of art. Her father’s apprentice, Artemisia is credited with being one of the first painters to truly capture the likeness of the female body.  Aside [...]

Michelle Gillett on National Poetry Month

It’s National Poetry Month—which always makes me feel a little ambivalent. There is a flurry of activity in April and then all will be quiet again.  I have been asked to read at three different venues this month but chances are I won’t be asked to read again until next April. If I am lucky [...]