It’s been a fantastic year in books—not least because at the end of the year, my co-founders Peggy Northrop and Rachel Greenfield and I launched Shebooks.net, an e-publishing platform for short e-books by and for women. We have an amazing collection of short memoirs, fiction, and … [Read more...]
My favorite books of 2011
I've kept a list of all the books I've read since I was about 13 years old. Below is the complete list of the books I read in 2011. You can read the rest of the list on my website. From this list--which this year, ended up being about a book a week--I've picked my ten of my … [Read more...]
Why I won’t write for HuffPo
Yesterday, the Huffington Post ran a story about a survey of what journalism graduates make in their first year of work these days: about $30,000. This is a sad comment on the state of journalism, which has become devalued, but it’s also ironic that it appeared in HuffPo, … [Read more...]
Slow ride through Slow Food country
Slow ride through Slow Food country For all the times I’ve visited Italy, I’ve never been in Piedmont until now, except once, to visit Torino. On that trip, I had a meal that seemed heavy and dull for Italian food, and based on that scant evidence, I decided I didn’t … [Read more...]
A Tale of Two Markets
Torino, Italy-- I just arrived in Torino, and as usual when I visit Italy, I felt an immediate sense of well-being. Torino is a cafe city, with huge porticos that you can walk under throughout the town; it has been called "the most Italian city in France." I love watching all … [Read more...]
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