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A Berkeley Girl Looks Back
Fifty years ago this month, the May Revolution began in Paris and spread throughout France. The population of France was just over 50 million, and 10 million workers went out on strike. Imagine if today, out of 327 million Americans, … Continue reading
How The Berkeley Girl series isn’t “chick lit” – stories for men, too?
I’m aware and concerned that very few men will want to read a book entitled “The Berkeley Girl.” And why should they? How can you, who are my female readers from three generations, place it into the hands of the … Continue reading
Posted in 1968, 60s stereotypes, activism today, anti-war protest, literature for men, novels for men, Uncategorized, Vietnam War veterans, Writing fiction
Tagged 1968 history, 1968 May Revolution, 60s stereotypes, activism, Berkeley, historical fiction, literature, novels for men, Paris, political action, protest, sexual revolution, The Berkeley Girl, Vietnam veterans
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What I did on my summer vacation (in October)
In October, Jay and I set out on a long-planned New England vacation, which turned out to be a delightful adventure. We flew east, rented a car, and drove through the countryside of Maine, New Hampshire, Massachusetts, Connecticut, and upstate … Continue reading
Posted in Arts and society, literature
Tagged art history, literature, New England history, Travel
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Why I wrote The Berkeley Girl: Rendezvous in London – and other Stories of the ‘60s
Note to readers: If your Bay Area book club, service group or other organization is looking for a speaker and discussion, I’d be happy to present about my books, the late 1960s, current events or any other related topics of … Continue reading
The Radical View – How Art’s Possibilities Changed America (reprise)
[Note: The following is excerpted and updated from my Nov. 2012 blog of the same title–one followed by more readers than any other that year. Please read on to find out why I was inspired to repeat this subject by … Continue reading
Art History for Skeptics
This blog is dedicated to skeptics. In the preceding blog, I offered specific examples of art which might change minds and inspire action. But what about abstract art, like Picasso’s, or non-objective art, like the constructions of Frank Stella (1936- … Continue reading
Posted in Arts and society, Purposes of abstract art
Tagged art history, Arts and society, literature, Visual arts
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Art can change minds, inspire action
During a discussion at the World Fellowship Center, the family camp devoted to social justice, environment, and peace which I attended last month, I heard one decades-long camper complain that she felt the program had become “lightweight.” “We used to … Continue reading
Lessons and Friendships Enable My Writing Life
In a recent and rare Facebook post, I told my friends that this summer has been a “watershed in my writing life.” I decided to elaborate. This is about my Bay Area literary associations – along with plugging away at … Continue reading
Why I keep returning to stories about the 60s – blog hop
Carole Bumpus caught me when we met at the Belmont post office to sort out CWC SF-Peninsula branch membership renewals, due beginning this month. We have enjoyed working together these past two years as membership chair (me) and treasurer (lucky … Continue reading
Lyrics jammed in my throat…
How I loved the 1964 Bob Dylan song The Times They Are A’Changin’ when I was at Cal Berkeley. I knew every line by heart, sang them triumphantly with my friends, intoned them under my breath, marching in time to … Continue reading
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Tagged 1960s, 1968, 1970s, A Time to Cast Away Stones, Berkeley, history, literature, memoir, politics, sexual revolution, student protest
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