The first American and the first woman to publish a book of poems, colonial poet Phillis A. Wheatley had earned the admiration of William Blake and George Washington for her [...]

by Alexsandra Stewart

I’ve been thinking about passion, meditating on the word and feeling, checking the dictionary, because I so often hear myself say, “oh, I love that!”  And THAT might [...]

by Patricia Yarberry Allen
President Obama,  a Senator for only two years before becoming President of the United States, is a lot like that great cinematic figure Mr. Smith, who [...]

  One of our board members who would rather remain anonymous than feel self serving has suggested that the anniversary of George Washington’s birth is a good day for [...]

By Rachel Dent
Along my thirty-year career path I created a $100 million dollar business, a great deal of stress for myself, and discovered the Alexander Technique.
My goal was to [...]

By Cecilia Ford, Ph.D.
Few would argue that Meryl Streep is the best actress of our generation. If awards are a measure of anything, she can claim  a record 15 Oscar [...]

When I watch the Oscars this weekend, or, more accurately, watch them while hosting on National Public Radio’s “All Things Considered,” I’ll be thinking of a lunch I had sometime [...]

Carol Muske-Dukes,  Poet Laureate of California and Renaissance woman,  is a novelist, the author of seven books of
poetry, and as essayist is the arrow that says "You Are Here" to
women of [...]

Growing up in a show-business family, Oscar night for my sisters and me was the equivalent of the Harvard- Yale game. While my prep school friends’ parents talked about Princeton [...]

by Elizabeth Flock
The bed is already crowded when I crawl into it.  The cats have arranged themselves neatly around my mother and they are not happy when I climb [...]