Comments on: Claiming a Space in the World – Diane Simmons’ Short Stories https://booksbywomen.org/claiming-a-space-in-the-world-little-america-book-review-by-valerie-nieman/ Sat, 22 Sep 2012 16:09:59 +0000 hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.5.3 By: Meredith Sue Willis’ Re-Visions – Book Review by Diane Simmons : Women Writers, Women Books https://booksbywomen.org/claiming-a-space-in-the-world-little-america-book-review-by-valerie-nieman/#comment-2117 Tue, 08 May 2012 17:22:12 +0000 http://booksbywomenorg.netfirms.com/?p=3353#comment-2117 […] Carolina writer, author, poet and teacher, Valerie Nieman introduced Diane Simmons to us through Valerie’s review of Diane’s book of short stories, Little […]

]]> By: Vacen Taylor (@VacenTaylor) https://booksbywomen.org/claiming-a-space-in-the-world-little-america-book-review-by-valerie-nieman/#comment-1879 Tue, 31 Jan 2012 01:16:14 +0000 http://booksbywomenorg.netfirms.com/?p=3353#comment-1879 In reply to Valerie Nieman.

I think we must have lived the same life only on different sides of the world. 🙂 I too preserved my own fruit on our farm, learnt floral arrangement, silk ribbon and floral embroidery. And guess what? I still have two treadle Singer sewing machines. How amazing is it that you mentioned the old treadle. I bet we could have some wonderful talks together. It’s awesome to meet you! I’ve connected with you on Twitter. 🙂

]]> By: Valerie Nieman https://booksbywomen.org/claiming-a-space-in-the-world-little-america-book-review-by-valerie-nieman/#comment-1878 Tue, 31 Jan 2012 00:11:34 +0000 http://booksbywomenorg.netfirms.com/?p=3353#comment-1878 In reply to Vacen Taylor (@VacenTaylor).

Thanks, Vacen, for such good words – and so good to meet you! I learned to skin a rabbit and fillet a bass and hammer a nail straight – along with canning peaches and sewing a straight seam on a treadle Singer. All good, right?

]]> By: Vacen Taylor (@VacenTaylor) https://booksbywomen.org/claiming-a-space-in-the-world-little-america-book-review-by-valerie-nieman/#comment-1877 Mon, 30 Jan 2012 23:11:07 +0000 http://booksbywomenorg.netfirms.com/?p=3353#comment-1877 I’m so glad you wrote this piece. It makes perfect sense to me. I’ve always been very bold, some say too bold, but I don’t think so. I think it’s true women writers are confronted by a peculiar dichotomy. I also think sometimes we limit ourselves by reflecting on what our fellow male writers might have us think about we can and can’t do. When I was young I could ride bareback better than my father. I was asked to shift irrigation pipes, drive a tractor and poison rubber vine. Did I ever think I couldn’t do it? Never, not once. For me the same goes for writing. The span of a woman’s galaxy is great and it’s always expanding, but our thoughts are our energy and they must propel us forward. Thank you for writing this piece, Valerie. ~big hug~

]]> By: Valerie Nieman https://booksbywomen.org/claiming-a-space-in-the-world-little-america-book-review-by-valerie-nieman/#comment-1871 Sun, 22 Jan 2012 12:59:15 +0000 http://booksbywomenorg.netfirms.com/?p=3353#comment-1871 In reply to Julie.

Thanks, Julie!

]]> By: Julie https://booksbywomen.org/claiming-a-space-in-the-world-little-america-book-review-by-valerie-nieman/#comment-1870 Sat, 21 Jan 2012 15:33:14 +0000 http://booksbywomenorg.netfirms.com/?p=3353#comment-1870 Wonderful review! Yes, we must remain loyal to the truths we know. So glad to have found this site.

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