By Marion Roach Smith
SOMETIMES THE NEWS is simply too stupid to be ignored. Don’t agree? Did you read what the writer V.S. Naipual said recently about women writers? No? You should. Read on.
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By Marion Roach Smith
THE MEMOIR PROJECT is the name of my new book. Accompanied by the subtitle, A Thoroughly Non-Standardized Text for Writing & Life, the book’s title reflects it contents – a little irreverent, while being very how-to about writing what you know. When it was time to give a title to the book, those words seemed to sum it up best. Read on.
By Marion Roach Smith
YOUNG ADULT FICTION. When a much-revered artist friend of TSP revealed that as her publication goal for 2011, we cheered, especially since that artist is the incomparable Sloane Tanen (seen above), whose work we simply adore. With that unique wit of hers, this could only go well. And it has. Keep reading…
By Marion Roach Smith
WHEN SISTERS HELP one another we all benefit. This was the feeling I had recently while cruising around, looking for some book promotion advice. I stumbled upon some, and came away with that unique and fabulous feeling I only get when I witness one woman helping out another, and have only to keep the good moving along to help some more. You know that feeling?
By Marion Roach Smith
I WAS BORN in the Little Neck Branch of the New York Public library system. Right next to the card catalogue. That’s the way I remember it, and I’m sticking to that story no matter what, as well as to the version that I also came of age there, and engaged in all manners of important transitions in or because of the library. And do you doubt me? Read on.
WHO ARE YOUR all-time favorite women writers? This is the question on deck. While Marion is handling all things nonfiction, Anastasia wants to hear your picks for favorite female poetesses and fictioneers, and she’s starting off her list with an unexpected name. (Hint: she’s pictured to the left.) Read the full story.
By Anastasia Smith
I AM LUCKY ENOUGH to have become good friends here at graduate school with a bonified Jane Austen nerd. (Hello, former English majors!) When I am a mess over school or weepy about love sagas, this friend of mine always listens to my gripes and then pauses thoughtfully, before saying something to the effect of: “It sounds like you need some more Jane in your life.” (Yes, this is her proposed remedy for everything.) Read on.
WE PROMISED that we wouldn’t peep a word about our big sister Margaret’s new memoir until the official pub date. But now (hoorah!) that day is here. We’ve all read the book, and we’re giving all of our reviews with twist. Check out the book here, and keep reading to find out our takes. [click to continue…]
AS SISTER ANASTASIA WINDS DOWN her last semester of graduate school, she’s been thinking a lot lately about money. Of course, how to save it. But also, and more importantly, how she’s going to spend it (once she gets it, that is). Luckily she’s found some unexpected guidance in the book Obsessive Consumption: What Did You Buy Today? by Kate Bingaman-Burt, which contains illustrations of everthing Bingaman-Burt bought over a three year period. Read on…
By Marion Roach Smith
FOR TEN YEARS I’ve been living on an anti-inflammatory diet. This was brought on by a friend’s suggestions, and since that friend is America’s premier science writer, I took the suggestion seriously. In the years on the diet, my cholesterol dropped, my blood pressure dropped and I lost weight — oh yeah, and my pain went away. Get the details.
WE’RE ALL A-BUZZ with excitement for our big sister (and founder) Margaret Roach‘s new memoir about dropping out of the corporate fast lane for life in the country. The sisters at TSP have all read the book, and we would LOVE to tell you all the fantastic details. But for now (or at least until the official publication on February 23rd), our lips are sealed. Learn more about the book here. Congratulations, Margaret!
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First time here? Here's the idea: TSP is a network of blogs about the many facets of the word sister, and the concept of sisterhood. A sisterhood of sister blogs, you could say. Whatever sister means to you, from identical twin to sister-in-law (or in-friendship or in-feminism), we’ll make room to listen in about it or express it on TSP. Like the slogan up top says, “Don’t you have something to say to your sister?” We've got galleries of art and literature by and about sisters, and a Sisterpedia of sisterly trivia...but now we're getting ahead of ourselves. The quick study: 
As the suffix of its name suggests, 
No surprise, really, that sisterhood, often life’s longest relationship and always one of its most important, has been the Muse for so much creative self-expression by women, and also by men. 
