Opera in Austin and Publishing in New York City.
Spring has arrived with a cold bite of wind, but there’s no turning back now. The birds, plants and trees have already committed to snuffing winter out!
I’m looking ahead to April and May. They’re as full of spring’s promise as the migrating birds I’ve seen lately.
April will bring me to Austin,Texas. I have plans to be at the premier when my son Holden appears on stage. I included the link to the opera, for my readers, (scroll down to see “Good Country”).
Good Country is a chamber opera based on true accounts of Charley Parkhurst, a trans* stagecoach driver during the California Gold Rush. After surviving a holdup, Charley and his passengers tumble into a saloon for a night of revelry and revelations set to a score by Keith Allegretti, libretto by Cecelia Raker, and stage direction by Alice Stanley. Internationally acclaimed tenor and trans* activist Holden Madagame will join a cast of dynamic performers from UT in bringing to life this gripping story of conflict and kept secrets.
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In May I plan to be in New York City. A piece I wrote for “Widow’s Words” has been published and I plan on being at the party with my daughter, Elizabeth, celebrating the publication. (She encouraged me to write for Widow's Words) My piece is titled, “Becoming Maggie”. I received my copy of the book in the mail yesterday. Here’s some information about this book and info for purchasing
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Widows’ Words
Women Write on the Experience of Grief, The First Year, The Long Haul, and Everything In Between
EDITED BY NAN BAUER-MAGLIN
“Women have learned to find fortitude in sharing the truth of their lives—not because we have the same truth, but because we find community and support there. The stories in this honest and loving book will give strength to those experiencing widowhood and wisdom to those trying to help them build the rest of their lives.”
—Suzanne Braun Levine, author of Inventing the Rest of Our Lives: Women in Second Adulthood
“Widows’ Words is an invaluable tool for understanding loss, mourning and grief, and an equally fascinating and compelling read with diverse and varied points of views, which proved to me that every loss is unique yet universal. Nan Bauer-Maglin has brought together many strong female voices that both define and redefine the concept of ‘widow.’”
—Jonathan Santlofer, author of The Widower’s Notebook: A Memoir
“This collection is a comforting, necessary companion for the many, many women whose love outlasts their partners’ lives. The stories are honest, unsentimental and as complicated and varied as marriages themselves.”
—Anna Sale, host of the WNYC Studios podcast Death, Sex & Money
Becoming a widow is one of the most traumatic life events that a woman can experience. Yet, as this remarkable new collection reveals, each woman responds to that trauma differently. Here, forty-three widows tell their stories, in their own words.
Some were widowed young, while others were married for decades. Some cared for their late partners through long terminal illnesses, while others lost their partners suddenly. Some had male partners, while others had female partners. Yet each of these women faced the same basic dilemma: how to go on living when a part of you is gone.
Widows’ Words is arranged chronologically, starting with stories of women preparing for their partners’ deaths, followed by the experiences of recent widows still reeling from their fresh loss, and culminating in the accounts of women who lost their partners many years ago but still experience waves of grief. Their accounts deal honestly with feelings of pain, sorrow, and despair, and yet there are also powerful expressions of strength, hope, and even joy. Whether you are a widow yourself or have simply experienced loss, you will be sure to find something moving and profound in these diverse tales of mourning, remembrance, and resilience.
NAN BAUER-MAGLIN worked at City University of New York for almost forty years as a professor and administrator. She now volunteers for Girls Write Now and The Whitney Museum. She is the editor or coeditor of many books, including Cut Loose: (Mostly) Older Women Talk about the End of (Mostly) Long- term Relationships.
30% DISCOUNT ON ALL ORDERS (WITHIN THE US)
Order online: rutgersuniversitypress.org or by phone at 1-800-621-2736
Free shipping on all orders placed directly through Rutgers University Press. Use discount code “02AAAA17” in order to qualify for a 30% discount
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Examination copies available on request. Visit our website for details.
Widows’ Words
Women Write on the Experience of Grief, The First Year, The Long Haul, and Everything In Between
EDITED BY NAN BAUER-MAGLIN
“Women have learned to find fortitude in sharing the truth of their lives—not because we have the same truth, but because we find community and support there. The stories in this honest and loving book will give strength to those experiencing widowhood and wisdom to those trying to help them build the rest of their lives.”
—Suzanne Braun Levine, author of Inventing the Rest of Our Lives: Women in Second Adulthood
“Widows’ Words is an invaluable tool for understanding loss, mourning and grief, and an equally fascinating and compelling read with diverse and varied points of views, which proved to me that every loss is unique yet universal. Nan Bauer-Maglin has brought together many strong female voices that both define and redefine the concept of ‘widow.’”
—Jonathan Santlofer, author of The Widower’s Notebook: A Memoir
“This collection is a comforting, necessary companion for the many, many women whose love outlasts their partners’ lives. The stories are honest, unsentimental and as complicated and varied as marriages themselves.”
—Anna Sale, host of the WNYC Studios podcast Death, Sex & Money
Becoming a widow is one of the most traumatic life events that a woman can experience. Yet, as this remarkable new collection reveals, each woman responds to that trauma differently. Here, forty-three widows tell their stories, in their own words.
Some were widowed young, while others were married for decades. Some cared for their late partners through long terminal illnesses, while others lost their partners suddenly. Some had male partners, while others had female partners. Yet each of these women faced the same basic dilemma: how to go on living when a part of you is gone.
Widows’ Words is arranged chronologically, starting with stories of women preparing for their partners’ deaths, followed by the experiences of recent widows still reeling from their fresh loss, and culminating in the accounts of women who lost their partners many years ago but still experience waves of grief. Their accounts deal honestly with feelings of pain, sorrow, and despair, and yet there are also powerful expressions of strength, hope, and even joy. Whether you are a widow yourself or have simply experienced loss, you will be sure to find something moving and profound in these diverse tales of mourning, remembrance, and resilience.
NAN BAUER-MAGLIN worked at City University of New York for almost forty years as a professor and administrator. She now volunteers for Girls Write Now and The Whitney Museum. She is the editor or coeditor of many books, including Cut Loose: (Mostly) Older Women Talk about the End of (Mostly) Long- term Relationships.
30% DISCOUNT ON ALL ORDERS (WITHIN THE US)
Order online: rutgersuniversitypress.org or by phone at 1-800-621-2736
Free shipping on all orders placed directly through Rutgers University Press. Use discount code “02AAAA17” in order to qualify for a 30% discount
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Examination copies available on request. Visit our website for details.
Widows’ Words
Women Write on the Experience of Grief, The First Year, The Long Haul,
and Everything In Between
Edited by
Nan Bauer-Maglin
Women Write on the Experience of Grief, The First Year, The Long Haul,
and Everything In Between
Edited by
Nan Bauer-Maglin
238 pp
978-0-8135-9953-3
April 2019
3 color photographs
cloth
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