![]() (See my essay, “The Deer Who Love to Be Hunted: A Reflection on James Dickey’s Women,” in my book, CONFESSIONS OF A (FEMALE) CHAUVINIST, for more about our relationship).īecause of my commitment to language and truth, which began with poetry and led me to prose – and finally, to founding Zona Rosa in honor of my mother, Melissa, who committed suicide without fully realizing her own potential as a writer and a woman (again, because of the sexism – her own – that told her she didn’t have the right to be), I am at my happiest when I’m in the trenches – “extending chi,” as we call it in Zona Rosa – pushing my limits as I explore new – and sometimes scary - territory in my writing. Brock – then a grad student, later a fine poet in his own right – and by my special, if sometimes disturbing – read, sexist - relationship with James Dickey, later a National-Book-Award winning poet as well as the author of Deliverance. My heart, not to speak of my pen, was set afire by his words – and was soon further enflamed by a poetry workshop with Van K. Francis, read from modern poetry, my life was forever changed. ![]() Lewis, but as I listened to brilliant professor, short story writer, and friend-to-this-day, H.E. A high school dropout, I had never heard of Emily Dickinson or T.S. In my early 20s, a housewife with three small children, I sat in a continuing education classroom at Emory University. In fact, I may be the perfect example, as those of you who have read my books know, of the great psychologist Carl Jung’s statement, “Nothing affects the lives of the children more than the unlived lives of the parents.” As for many of you, writing is my first love – the one that has held my heart since I was a small child, stoked by my mother and father’s reverence for literature. As the cliché goes, it’s essential that I walk the walk even as I talk the talk. I also see that because of all this race-skating, I missed the date for yet another six month account.ĭuring this time, I’ve also gotten back to work on my own writing. Indeed, two years later, I’m still on roller skates, to use a term coined by my friend and novelist Jackie Miles, almost two and a half years after the book’s birthday, traveling around the country and elsewhere, spreading the word about SECRETS and Zona Rosa. Whew! I just re-read my first and second Letters to you since SECRETS OF THE ZONA ROSA: HOW WRITING (AND SISTERHOOD) CAN CHANGE WOMEN’S LIVES came to life in the bookstores and on our web page in 2006, and I see why life has seemed to go by in a delicious, if dizzying, blur! “Pajama Parties for Grown-up Girls with Smarts”) (or my own response to the exorcise we do at our special workshops and retreats, a.k.a. To the Zona Rosans and Our Friends Everywhere There will also be photo opportunities with the Grinch and Cindy Lou-Who.A LETTER FROM ROSEMARY : My Blog : My Third Letter Plan to join characters like the Grinch and Cindy Lou-Who for the showing of the movie. Seuss’ How the Grinch Stole Christmas, a live-action film which stars Jim Carrey, from 6-8 p.m. Immediately after the lighting ceremony wraps up, at the North Park there will be an outdoor showing of the holiday classic movie Dr. Attendees can snap an ‘elfie’ photo with Instagram-worthy backdrops. ![]() There will be offering of coffee from Brew HaHa Coffee House, desserts and hot cocoa bar from Muffin Top Dessert trailer. Local bands will play holiday tunes on the main stage, with Karli Ritter of Fox 4 serving as emcee. Priscilla and Dana’s School of Dance will present a Nutcracker Suite performance at 4 pm. Activities will include live music, food trucks, ice skating at The Rink, an outdoor movie and Santa Claus hitting the switch on the lights at 6 p.m.Īctivities will be centered in the North Park, which is the area south of Dillard’s.
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