It's been a long time -- years! -- since I've sent out a newsletter, but I wanted to let you know that I have a letter in the August 10&17 issue of
The New Yorker, which came out today. It's in response to a review of
The Fat Studies Reader, due out in November from NYU press. I've got a piece. "Fat Girls Need Fiction," in the
Reader. It's exciting to get to take part in the cultural conversation about fatness, especially at this moment.
Here's a link to the letter.
There are a few other things going on. I've just finished a review of
American Romances, a brilliant book of essays by Rebecca Brown. The review will be up at Lambda Book Report soon. I'm working on an essay on the power of arts in difficult economic times for WomenArts.
I've got news about
Spider in a Tree, my novel about Jonathan Edwards, as well. The Jonathan Edwards Center, based at Yale, will be posting video clips of me reading from the novel, along with a brief interview, on their website in the fall.
The Journal of Early American Studies will be publishing an excerpt next year. And, on October 3 at 7 pm, I'm giving a reading from the manuscript in Northampton at First Churches, which is where Jonathan Edwards preached in the eightteenth century. Please plan on coming to the reading, if you can.
I'm also doing freelance writing, editing and project planning, and am always open to new projects. Please email me or check out my website if you'd like to know more.
I'll send along links to some of the projects mentioned above when they're up.
I'm always happy to hear from you. Thrive! Susan
