Epiphany, 2022

  I love January 6th (despite the mess that happened last year) because it is the epiphany. While I’m not particularly religious, my Catholic upbringing installed deep roots through my unconscious, stirring my soul on certain special dates.  Epiphany translates from Greek as “revelation from above” and my child-mind blended my own life long search…

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Untold Story #14, Camille Beredjick Brooklyn Writer

There are peaks, valleys, and devastating spirals, and it can be hard to make sense of those setbacks when you feel like you’ve already come so far. But in writing the essay, I had a reason to think clearly and intentionally about what I was going through and how I could make sense of it moving forward, and I’m proud of what I was able to do.

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(Her)oics Writer Untold Story #11 Lori Jakielo

I miss my friends. I miss coffee shops, those quiet caffeine-fueled respites that seem to coddle, if not settle the monkey down. I’m grateful, of course, to have a home to huddle down in, to have my loved ones healthy. But some days, I just want to lie down in traffic.

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Untold Story #10: Dr. Melba Nicholson Sullivan.

(Her)oics Launch is this week, March 11th! Please check out the book and pre-order here, and consider coming to one of our events to see the writers and hear excerpts from their pieces. I will be there as well, of course. All events are free and virtual. The first is March 11, and the second…

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The Untold Story #2

E.K. Bayer The (Her)oics Anthology will be out with Regal House’s Pact Press March 11, 2021(!) I’m excited to share more details about our fabulous contributors in this blog series about writers, The Untold Story. Today we meet E.K. Bayer, a writer and mother who got a new job with the pandemic: home-school teacher to twin boys. She shares…

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