by Stephanie Hayes | Apr 28, 2016 | Reviews |
I have never been Linda Ronstadt’s biggest fan, but her music was a part of the soundtrack of my life in the 1970s. I still think “Blue Bayou” is one of the most beautiful songs ever, and I loved her work with Dolly Parton and Emmylou Harris. Also, I...
by Carolyn M. Crane | Apr 26, 2016 | Education, Essays, Politics |
Lakia always sat in the back of my class. Not in the back row, even, but in one of the few chairs that ended up against the back wall. Her writing started out decent and gradually improved to good. She never volunteered to speak in class. Her features were strong and...
by Stephanie Hayes | Apr 25, 2016 | Back Yard Days, Essays |
I grew up in Marin County in the 1960s and 1970s, and San Francisco was our back yard. It was the site of many special occasions, and where we always took out-of-town friends and relatives. We would drive them across the Golden Gate Bridge to Ghirardelli Square and...
by Carolyn M. Crane | Apr 23, 2016 | Reviews |
From the moment I opened Crazy: A Father’s Search Through America’s Mental Health Madness, I was hooked. I came upon the book for professional reasons. I was developing a mental health curriculum for my first year English composition course at Sierra...
by Carolyn M. Crane | Apr 14, 2016 | poetry |
In the mid 1980s I traveled to Oregon to research the Paiute tribe for a play I was writing. The play, Honeymoon Near Lava Lands, was later produced by the Sacramento Theatre Company. This poem details experiences from that research trip. I publish it again today in...
