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Join NOW!First, in the Saturday Interview, Arielle Bernstein talks to writer and workshop facilitator Jen Pastiloff. Pastiloff’s project, The Manifestation Workshop: On Being Human, combines yoga and creative writing to inspire participants. She speaks openly about anorexia, healing as a process, and how to build self-esteem. In describing her workshops, Pastiloff says: People move their bodies and write and share […]
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[S]ometimes you don’t know you’re experiencing a fairytale until years later.
...moreFirst, Diana Whitney reviews Cynthia Cruz’s poetry collection, Wunderkammer, meaning “cabinet of curiosities.” This is a book of “delicious… detail.” Cruz’s poems, Whitney declares, “have a wry sense of humor that tempers the traumas they reveal.” The poet, who was born in Germany, transports readers from Berlin to upstate New York, from death to madness […]
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On freezing winter nights, Cathy Bell finds some small respite from the pain of migraines and maternal estrangement.
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