Amanda on Jun 24 2010 | Filed under: Book Profile
“Families don’t talk about the most important things in life!!!!!” I found this quote in bold on page 107 of Deborah Golden Alecson’s memoir, We Are So Lightly Here: A Story About Conscious Dying. In this book Alecson tells her story of her husband’s devestating illness and his conscious acceptance of death. It’s our culture’s [...]
Amanda on Jun 08 2010 | Filed under: Uncategorized
Phyllis Carito lives in Claverack and has been in the Hillsdale area for over 30 years. She’s an administrator at SUNY Columbia Green Community College where she also teaches creative writing, a writer, and a frequent visitor to the Bookloft. She writes memoir, short stories, and poetry. Here’s what she had to share about the writing process:
All my [...]
admin on Apr 30 2009 | Filed under: Uncategorized
BERKSHIRE WOMEN WRITE! from Mati Kiin on Vimeo.
Event celebrating women writers, poets, publishers, bloggers and literary friends presently living and working in the Berkshires of Massachusetts; sponsored by The Bookloft and hosted at Rouge Restaurant in West Stockbridge, MA
admin on Mar 24 2009 | Filed under: Uncategorized
The Bookloft initiated Berkshire Women Write! in conjunction with the Berkshire Festival of Women in the Arts sponsored by The Women’s Times and the Eighth Annual International Women’s Day Conference at Bard College at Simon’s Rock. This week-long event in early-March, 2009, featured the literary works of local women prominently displayed throughout the store for [...]
admin on Mar 19 2009 | Filed under: Uncategorized
The Berkshires and our surrounding area have been home to a myriad of talented and influential women writers over the years. Some of our most famous women authors include Edith Wharton, Catherine Maria Sedgwick, Edna St. Vincent Millay, and Harriet Beecher Stowe, to name a few. The Berkshire’s contemporary literary scene continues to enjoy hundreds [...]