Bloggish Post
Writing a song with the help of the wonderful Peter LeClair. Peter’s on iTunes and Spotify and such.
News
Attending Colorado Book Festival 3/3 and Reading at BookBar in Denver 3/4
Hoping to connect with Colorado’s wonderful writing community at the Colorado Book Festival where the wonderful Tattered Cover will be selling Narrow River, Wide Sky: A Memoir. See you there!
Online Writing Course – Writing Landscape: Body and Place
Ariel Gore, author of many books, including the very recent We Were Witches: A Novel is offering a space for me to teach another online class through the Literary Kitchen.
Visiting Annie Bloom’s Books in Portland with MK Chavez, Pen Award Winner
Love to Michelle Ruiz Keil and MK Chavez and Annie Bloom’s Books.
When Your Book’s at Target!
This is so exciting! The book’s selling at Target. The book’s also available at the airport! Much thanks to everyone for making wonderful things happen for this story.
Love to All These Indie Bookshops!
On the month long book tour, I visited so many wonderful book stores in the western states. I’m so grateful!
Book Launch!
The book launch was an incredible experience. Standing room only in the Pearl Room at Powell’s and then a standing ovation. I cried and not just because I’m a crier. Thank you all so much!
Portland Monthly
The West, Two Ways: An Excerpt from Jenny Forrester’s New Memoir
In Narrow River, Wide Sky, the local writer mines her childhood culture shock in Colorado.
Lidia Yuknavitch Mention!
The generous beyond generous Lidia Yuknavitch, author of several books, including Dora: A Headcase, Chronology of Water, The Small Backs of Children, and The Book of Joan (due out this month!), has an interview up on the Powell’s featured books blog. She mentioned me and said a thing, “Radical Innovators” and I’m one of them. Love, love, love. Read the whole thing