My profile of another fictional favourite – Maggie from Tennessee Williams’ Cat on a Hot Tin Roof – is featured today at For Books’ Sake
Fictional Characters: Maggie the Cat
05 Friday Aug 2011
Did Hollywood Kill Marilyn Monroe?
04 Thursday Aug 2011
This article marks the 49th anniversary of Marilyn Monroe’s death, and is also published at Immortal Marilyn Continue reading
Bookish Birthdays: Emily Brontё
30 Saturday Jul 2011
One of my favourite authors, Emily Jane Brontё, was born on this day, July 30th, in 1818. Read my birthday profile over at For Books’ Sake
More Brontё-related posts here
Death of a Lioness
27 Wednesday Jul 2011
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Death of a Lioness: Amy Winehouse 1983 – 2011
In late 2003, I was thirty-one, and living in a council house in Derby with my husband and two sons, a three-year old and a six-month-old baby. One afternoon, in the kitchen, I heard a song called ‘Take the Box’ on the radio, and was instantly transported to the streets of my not-so-distant past.
“Your neighbours were screaming
I don’t have a key for downstairs
So I punched all the buzzers
Hoping you wouldn’t be there…”
The soaring voice of Amy Winehouse, set to a jazz background, set me wondering. I’d loved torch singers ever since I discovered Billie Holiday in my teens. Continue reading
The Feminist Press
13 Wednesday Jul 2011
Posted in Books, Fiction, Non-Fiction
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My article on The Feminist Press – the world’s most enduring women’s publisher, based at New York’s City University – is posted today at For Books’ Sake
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