Originally posted on Women's Voices for Change.

The New York Times captured her gifts and her warmth in Jill Clayburgh's obituary on November 6. It is left to women who sat in movie theaters in 1978 to remember how...

Last week, I posted Part I of my interview with Judy Collins, a discussion of her work on the new children's book Over The Rainbow. Today, the conversation turns to recording and her business life, her record label Wildflower, and her desire to support the artistry of others. (And we...

Note to self: If you are ever again allotted 15 minutes for an interview with Judy Collins, be sure to have on hand a machine that bends time.

Note to self: You heard right. She did say, "Our problems are all crafted to help us individually."

Note to self: You...

We reached Mary Karr in the small window of time that she had after reading at Harvard, appearing in New York at Barnes & Noble, and heading off to Chicago for two appearances. Karr's next stop: the Deep South....

Millicent Borges Accardi has received fellowships from the National Endowment for the Arts, the California Arts Council and the Barbara Deming Foundation. Her work has appeared in over 50 literary publications including Laurel Review, New Letters, Nimrod and the Wallace Stevens Journal. Among the anthologies in which you'll find her...

On Monday, April 26, 2010, thousands of celebrants walked through mournful rain to what could only be called a joyful Happening. At both The Metropolitan Museum of Art and The Boathouse in Central Park, dozens of laptop-enabled facilitators welcomed the guests. A phalanx of others distributed canvas bags on which...

As we all shudder through news of the aftermath of the earthquake in Haiti, pausing to send money though text messages on our cell phones to well-established NGOs such as the

This story about a rock star begins with a crumb bun. Well, a crumb muffin. I came down to breakfast this morning and there was a crumb muffin on the counter. Reader, I know you, like me, would never take a bite of that muffin, but that one big crumb...

In Nora Ephron's film Julie and Julia, there are many treats for the senses: the beautifully presented meals, the baguettes and cheeses, the sights of Paris, the glimpses of the New York City skyline, lovely music, and the overarching presence of butter.