Dear Bookworms, This month, it is my pleasure to be highlighting my first non-fiction book for The Write Teacher(s). That book is Quiet: The Power of Introverts in a World That Can’t Stop Talking. Initially, I selected this book as a personal read but found it so interesting I knew I wanted to recommend it…
Hello Beautiful People, His name is Gaetano Minutillo. And he’s going to be 90 this weekend. 90. I’m sitting here still trying to stomach the fact that I just turned 29…and he’s going to be 90 – and I can only hope to accomplish an eighth of what he’s done in his lifetime. And so,…
Hello Beautiful People, I’ve mentioned Out of Print several times in this little corner of the interweb – and if you’re an avid reader, you know I have the utmost appreciation for this company and what they do. And so, it gives me great pleasure to introduce y’all to one half of the Out of Print duo,…
Hello Beautiful People, Recently, a friend of mine introduced me to the Esperanza Spalding. And now I’m smitten. Just to recap – Esperanza Spalding is an American jazz bassist, cellist, and singer. She’s won four Grammy Awards, one of which was the Best New Artist Awards, making her the first jazz artist to recieve the honor….
Hi Friends! It’s wonderful to be back at the helm of Queering Your Bookshelf after a little summer hiatus while I put up my show The Birds and the Bees: Unabridged. I’m thrilled to have a bit more free time, and already, plenty of that time is going towards some super queer reading. This month…
Hello Beautiful People, This past Monday I was invited to see a staged reading of By Wheel and By Wing. Oh goodness. What to say? Perhaps the creators of this show will say it best – By Wheel and By Wing is a remarkable and unusual true story of Holocaust survival. It is based on…
Hello, music lovers! Something beautiful happened on October 28, 2014. My workplace got the internet that it had been waiting months for. You see, before this upgrade, our internet was awful. The internet in the retreat center barely worked with one device connected to it, so if more than one was connected, you were more…
Hello Beautiful People, It feels like I say this every month, but I honestly cannot believe that another month has passed. Where does the time go!? It just keeps truckin’ along, whether we like it or not. And so here we are, another start of another month – and here is our Bookshelf Pick List!…
Hello Beautiful People, On May 19th, 2013, I say the final Broadway performance of Orphans, by Lyle Kessler, and it continues to be a show that I carry with me. See, that’s the beautiful thing about brilliant storytelling – it stays with you. It takes up residence in your heart and your memory, and that…
Hello Beautiful People! In case you missed it – we’re jumping the gun on the Holiday season a bit early. We’re ready to inspire. We’re ready to love. And we’re reading to give, as in #GivingTuesday style. Every Tuesday, we’re giving away a copy of one of our favorite books and/or plays. This Tuesday we’re giving…