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Rebecca Faye Smith Galli (Becky), author of Rethinking Possible: A Memoir of Resilience, is a weekly columnist who lives in Baltimore, Maryland and writes about love, loss, and healing. A Morehead-Cain Scholar ... Read More...

“Oh No They Didn’t”: Amerilexicophobia

Maribel Garcia

Reviews

AMERILEXICOPHOBIA: What’s that you ask? According to Lynne Murphy, an American linguistics professor, but longtime U.K. resident, it is an illness. It’s a form of distress that the British suffer from, an af... Read More...

Is the Key to Being Resilient, Keeping Hope Realistic? An Interview with Memoirist, Rebecca Faye Smith Galli

Maribel Garcia

Book Club Questions, Interviews, Memoir, on Writing, Reviews

In this memoir, we meet Becky Galli. We are first introduced to the author's life while she is safely ensconced in a pretty idyllic 1960s southern upbringing-complete with the pastor father and a stay-at-ho... Read More...

Is Memoir Vanity or An Act of Love? By Susan G. Weidener

Susan Weidener

Memoir, on Creativity, on Writing

Not everyone understands why some write their memoirs. They dismiss it as narcissistic vanity. Why write something so personal they ask? Who cares? Stories are my passion, so I am biased that writing memoir,... Read More...

Author Interview with Alicia DiFabio, author of Women Who Tri: A Reluctant Athlete’s Journey to the Heart of America’s Newest Obsession

Maribel Garcia

Interviews, Reviews

Ever wonder when the marathon and triathlon craze started? You know what I’m talking about – that time before your Facebook posts were inundated with scores of women from all walks of life crossing the finishin... Read More...

BCB: The Author’s Cut with Liane Kupferberg Carter

Kristin Jacobson

The Author's Cut

Maribel Garcia talks with Liane Kupferberg Carter about her book, Ketchup Is My Favorite Vegetable: A Family Grows Up With Autism. ... Read More...

“If you’ve met one person with autism…”

Maribel Garcia

Interviews

“If you've met one person with autism, you've met one person with autism.” Best quote ever. I learned it from Liane Kupferberg Carter’s latest memoir, Ketchup is my Favorite Vegetable: A Family Grows u... Read More...

BCB: The Author’s Cut with A.O. Scott

Kristin Jacobson

The Author's Cut

A.O. Scott wants his readers to think critically about the role of the critic and that means reminding people that critics are employed to actively, skillfully and intellectually evaluate certain information an... Read More...

New York Times Film Critic A.O. Scott Reflects on the “Wonderful Absurdity” of His Profession

Maribel Garcia

Interviews, Reviews

What comes to mind when you think critic? Better yet, what do general audiences think of when they think critic? If you ask my two teenagers, they might bring up Anton Ego, the imperious and acerbic food cr... Read More...

BCB: The Author’s Cut, Live with Amy Silverman

Kristin Jacobson

The Author's Cut

Check out the latest in our live author series, BCB: The Author's Cut, Live with Amy Silverman. In this interview, Maribel Garcia talks with author Amy Silverman about her book My Heart Can't Even Believe It: A... Read More...

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