Category Archives: Writing
Poem for My Mother
I’d been wanting to write a thank-you note to my mom. I guess this poem is it. Poem for Her by Donna Trussell I wish I could see myself through the eyes of the child I never had. The wrinkles … Continue reading
Anne Morrow Lindbergh: She Married Adventure, and Grief
I just finished “Hour of Gold, Hour of Lead,” Anne Morrow Lindbergh‘s collection of diary entries and letters. Lindbergh was such a graceful writer, and yet today she’s remembered more for her marriage to aviation pioneer Charles Lindbergh than for her … Continue reading
He Hates His Job
Late last night, I came across a post in Salon’s advice column Since You Asked: I’m a successful book editor but I hate my job. The subhead: My wife is leaving me but I can’t feel anything. I’m depressed. My … Continue reading
A Teenage Girl, Truman Capote, Two Killers and a Full Moon
If Nancy Clutter had survived, she would be 67 years old. But on Nov. 15, 1959, she was murdered in her family’s farmhouse near Holcomb, Kansas, along with her mother, father and 15-year-old brother. Six more years would pass before … Continue reading
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Eat, Pray, Love. Write, Sell, Repeat.
There’s a new Julia Roberts movie, based on the 2006 bestseller by Elizabeth Gilbert, and we here at Woman Up are on the case. My friend and editor Melinda Henneberger cautions, If Your Husband Invites You to See ‘Eat Pray … Continue reading
Quixotic Chick 