Not pictured: Parable of the Sower & The Fifth Season because I lent them out, Chain Gang All-Stars & Watchmen… Read more Nine books to get you through
Author: The Literate Beast
I’m an insatiable reader, and I use my library card to feed my habit. I like many forms of entertainment, but reading trumps them all.
Along with reading voraciously, I am a fiction writer. I’m interested in “who” and “when”, but my biggest concern is “why“.
I live in Chicagoland with my two kids, in a home supersaturated with music and imagination.
Our quiet little corner at the party where we talk about the stuff we like
Can this be that? Let’s see.
Self-induced writer retreat
My week-long isolation during my writer retreat at Write On Door County in the depths of winter inspired a recent… Read more Self-induced writer retreat
Publication
I’m pleased to share that my short story “We Laugh In Its Face” appears in Issue #2: Spilling Tea of… Read more Publication
Publication
I am pleased to announce that my poem They Are Afraid That We Will Remember has been selected to appear in the Sally Hemings… Read more Publication
Barbara Lee Williams 