Dr. Joan Steinau Lester, Author at Women Writers, Women's Books

Writing Loving before Loving: A Marriage in Black and White, Joan Steinau Lester

Dr. Joan Steinau Lester — Tue, 18 May 2021 09:03:28 +0000

If I had a nickel for each time a stranger has told me, “I know my life would be a bestseller!” I’d be wealthy. Sometimes they even offer their story, asking me to simply write it down. “My life has been so amazing, the book would write itself.” Well, not really. Books do not write […]

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A WOMAN WRITER’S MANIFESTO

Dr. Joan Steinau Lester — Mon, 17 May 2021 15:12:24 +0000

By Joan Steinau Lester When people ask me what do you do, for the last twenty-five years I’ve answered, “I’m a writer.” Sometimes I add, “An author.” If the questioner still looks blank, I’ll say, with authority, “I’m a professional writer.” I’ve learned to define myself in a powerful tone because so many people have […]

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Writing Loving before Loving: A Marriage in Black and White

Dr. Joan Steinau Lester — Mon, 22 Mar 2021 11:30:15 +0000

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Chairs

Dr. Joan Steinau Lester — Sat, 05 Oct 2013 23:40:00 +0000

Chairs I have sat in. They’re usually too big, those conference table chairs at editorial meetings I attend, or seats set in a row for panelists at author events, with a copy of our latest book propped on the long table in front of us. It’s difficult to be one of the “important people” in […]

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The Great March of August 28, 1963

Dr. Joan Steinau Lester — Tue, 27 Aug 2013 22:02:39 +0000

I’d bought the car at a police auction for $25. You could do that then in New York City: ride the subway to some out-of-the-way lot full of junked cars, make a bid, and the next day, the car might be yours. My then-husband J and I had done just that, in preparation for our […]

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Mother’s Day, Wikipedia, and Politics

Dr. Joan Steinau Lester — Sat, 04 May 2013 14:34:28 +0000

Mother’s Day is upon us. We honor our moms for nurturing care, but their contributions in other arenas are, inevitably, marginalized. Wikipedia recently excised most “American Women Novelists” from its “American Novelists” category – segregating them in a female subcategory, thereby rendering American novelists nearly entirely male. When we think of other public categories too, […]

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