Shana Ritter

How the Worst Day of My Life Became the Best When I realized the storm

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Resilience & Determination in another era. Three women face the inquisition. “…incisive, well-researched story interlaced with gorgeous poetic prose…”#BookSky #readthis

Bloomington Indiana
#indivisible #nokings #wethepeople

Bloomington Indiana
Hands Off #April5

I may be tired and a little hoarse, but as I said again and again on the Senate floor, this is a moment where we cannot afford to be silent, when we must speak up.

An Open Letter to the Monroe County Community from Library Director Grier Carson On behalf of the Monroe County Public Library, its staff, and its Board of Trustees, I want to draw your attention to a development of great significance to MCPL and to libraries across the country.

Please read this from my local library- it impacts all libraries mcpl.info/blogs/open-l...

Thank you - this was a wonderful, rich, poignant conversation to listen to.
I fell in love with Iceland as well.

Looking for a tale of resilience in turbulent times?

5calls.org makes it easy. Called my reps, (R) got real people, asked if they had issued a statement on how they will uphold the constitution and the law, they had not. No surprise.
Asked for a response. It’s not enough but I feel just a bit empowered.

In the midst of it all, still small celebrations. So pleased to soon have a poem in @Dulcet and this interview www.dulcetlitmag.com/shana-ritter #poetry #art #writers

We Choose To Fight: Action Call · Indivisible This Sunday night, February 2 at 8pm ET/5pm PT, you’re invited to join Indivisible, MoveOn, Working Families Party, and a coalition of other organizations for an action call. During the call, you will...

Tuning in to this tonight

Indivisible on Sun 2/2 8:00PM EST. mobilize.us/s/MqCfKJ/r

Thank you for an enlivening conversation

So appreciated this

“In the Time of Leaving is more than a page turner, however riveting. The poetic cadences that run throughout the book's interwoven narratives encourage readers to savor each word. Shana Ritter has elevated historical fiction to literary art.”
—Hiromi Yoshida

Last night the moon made a poem of the pond.

“an intimate portrayal of a family's response to the 1492 Edict of Expulsion and a universal story of love amidst exile and leave-taking, this novel brilliantly addresses what it means to find and sustain a sense of home---both geographical and spiritual.
#books #read #resilience

Stopping by woods on a snowy day.

Winter’s dawn

Community radio and local writers: Speaking of Stories on WFHB. We just taped our 33rd show.

Quilts Like a fading piece of cloth

Quilts by Nikki Giovanni

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The new cover image is crayon on board by Neus Sala I Caelles. I found it looking through a huge wonderful book at Lisa Comforty’s Singular Spaces: From the Eccentric to the Extraordinary in Spanish Art Environments, by her friend Jo Farb Hernandez.
Available on Amazon and at local bookstores.

Yet another reason to love Iceland-traveled there this September for the first time.

Heather Cox Richardson:
For the rest of the world, South Koreans’ immediate and aggressive response to a man trying to take away their democratic rights is an inspiration… autocrats are brittle. It is democracy that is determined and resilient.

Just moving in…..