Karen Kaplan Imagines a Cure for Dementia in Science Fiction Novel
By Karen B. Kaplan Perhaps it is not often that you come across science fiction that is (1) gentle and not full of weapons and nasty robots, and (2) includes a character
By Karen B. Kaplan Perhaps it is not often that you come across science fiction that is (1) gentle and not full of weapons and nasty robots, and (2) includes a character
By Cathie Borrie In an almost Zen-like poetic form, my mother revealed the changing landscape of her mind: “Listen, Cathie . . . a bird!” “What are the birds saying?’ “They’re chirping.”
By Shannon O’Donnell In the late 1990s, I joined a writers’ group. The rules were simple: “Bring three pages, double-spaced, to read. Ask for the critique you want.” I wanted to write,
By Ann Garvin Laughter And Alzheimer: A Necessary Contradiction I write about Alzheimer’s because, it seems, I can’t not write about Alzheimer’s. This wretched disease shows up, one way or another in
By Laurel Garver My new young adult novel Almost There focuses on the complications that arise for a teenager when a grandparent’s health problems blow one’s grand plans to bits. Dani is about
By Candace Minor Comstock In the winter of 2007, I found myself with a rare commodity, time. Major change had come my way as my role of mother had altered, and my
By Jane Gayer It doesn’t matter where we live, what religion we are, how much (or how little) we have, what language we speak or the color of our skin. Throughout the
