Miss Grace Debuts!
Well it's finally here--the Grace Reading Series weblog! I have been promising this for weeks, but it's taken me forever to get set up because I just got a bunch of big fake blue diva nails and it takes me a long time to type anything at all.
Join us here for a chat about feminism, literature, my hot blue nails and anything else we feel like discussing. We'll blog, and every month we'll provide you with three reading recommendations--just in case you're looking for amazing books by women at your local bookstore but can't seem to find them (for whatever reason--but we'll get to that soon).
You'll hear from me, from Anne Ishii our Publicity Director; Emberly Nesbitt, Reviews Editor; and Sara Zuiderveen, Events Editor. Plus we'll have some guest-bloggers because there are so many women writers we want to hear from. And maybe Jen Kirwin, Editor-at-Large, will send reports from Mauritius where she is currently on a writing retreat to focus on her first (amazing) book about life as a standup comic.
So many people have helped make Miss Grace's Salon and the Grace Reading Series a reality! Big thank yous to Jay Dixit the webdesigner and Kevin McElroy the endlessly patient and intuitive graphic designer; all my students; the gorgeous generosity of the 2005 support team featuring my entire Novella Class, Cory Greenberg, Rachel Friedman, Glenna Gordon, Quinn H., Jed Ringel, and of course Sara Z., Jen K., Emberly, and my whole extended posse who called and emailed with help. And thank you Julia and Tania for your patience & belief.
Our debut event on September 14 was a roaring success thanks to the fine folks at Mo Pitkins, Jill Soloway and her fabulous book TINY LADIES IN SHINY PANTS, and Jill's genius posse of LADIES: Lili Taylor, Molly Shannon, Lauren Ambrose, Amy Poehler, and Jackie Hoffman who each provided us with a riveting reading of Jill's work. Grace contributors Jessica Dulong, Eryn Loeb, all the Grace editors and especially the superhero Anne Ishii made the night work seamlessly despite lots of audience and not a lot of space!
The reading series and blog are named after my grandmother, who was a feminine literary phenomenon her whole life in my hometown in PA. I'll explain a little more soon, promise.
xxoo