Tag Archives: Literature

The Books that Traveled with Me

Posted on January 5, 2023 by allisongreenwriter

Maybe it’s the pandemic; maybe it’s social media rotting my brain; maybe it’s the grief and stress of handling my father’s estate and taking care of my mother, who has Alzheimer’s, but I have found it difficult lately to read … Continue reading →

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Books to Awaken Heart and Soul

Posted on August 2, 2022 by allisongreenwriter

My writing brain went into hibernation during the pandemic and stayed in its cave for months after my father died. But I never stopped reading. Books have given me solace and hope these last few years; they have kept me … Continue reading →

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What’s Best

Posted on December 24, 2019 by allisongreenwriter

It’s “best of” season. Best books of the year. Movies. Songs. And because we are approaching 2020, the lists are expanding to cover the entire decade. It’s hard to resist such categorization. I keep a list of books I’ve read … Continue reading →

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Of Books and Brownstones

Posted on October 31, 2019 by allisongreenwriter

  As a child, I knew nothing about the east coast; what I understood about the metropolis of New York City came from Sesame Street. The show debuted in 1969, so my family was probably living in Wisconsin when I … Continue reading →

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Apocalypse

Posted on December 27, 2018 by allisongreenwriter

“Let’s start with the end of the world, why don’t we?” So begins N.K. Jemisin’s The Fifth Season, which appeared under our Christmas tree wrapped in cheerful, glittery paper. Arline gave me the boxed Broken Earth trilogy, knowing I’ve been … Continue reading →

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Ursula K. Le Guin, 1929-2018

Posted on February 19, 2018 by allisongreenwriter

Our class took a break one sunny afternoon and hiked along the McKenzie River in the Willamette National Forest of Oregon. Our teacher, Ursula Le Guin, led the way, naming the trees, shrubs, ferns, and groundcovers. It was the summer … Continue reading →

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Translation

Posted on October 30, 2016 by allisongreenwriter

At a recent conference on literary translation, Arline and I sat in a beige hotel ballroom, listening to a panelist make painful, even nonsensical, generalizations about Panamanian literature. When the panel started taking questions, we escaped to the lobby and … Continue reading →

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New Anthology: Memories Flow in Our Veins

Posted on April 24, 2016 by allisongreenwriter

About twenty years ago I got a letter from Calyx, a literary journal with pages of amazing writing by women and covers like works of art. The editors liked my story but asked for revisions. I did my best; it … Continue reading →

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